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Infusing character education and service
learning into academics in New York State |
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Experts in service learning, character education, or both,
have reviewed all projects! *Click below to view the reviews.* (see full-text of questions answered
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Safe Homes * download as a word document * Assessment * Answer key |
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Safe Homes Teams perform service calls to seniors in the community to install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. |
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School Community Coalition for Character Education and School Safety * download as a word document * Assessment * Answer key |
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Teachers and students will work to develop a community coalition designed to proactively deal with escalating threats within and against schools. |
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Students locate an area of the school grounds that needs improvement and decide what beneficial use the area can be put to. Options include: an outdoor classroom area, a nature trail, a shady area with newly planted trees, or a flower garden. Students also create a plan for action and make educational signs about the plants, animals, history and/or habitats they place in the area. |
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During a semester long project, students will interview adult citizens of their communities. They will cooperatively create a well-written document which notes the accomplishments and contributions these individuals have made and continue to make to the community. The written document will be distributed to senior centers, local archivists, local historical societies, veteran organizations, legions, local government agencies and schools. [This was formerly called RESPECT Plays a Part in History.] |
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Students
formulate interview questions about being involved in the military and use
these questions to interview veterans at a luncheon honoring local
veterans. A letter-writing activity involves
active duty service personnel who are partnered with a student throughout the
course of the year via letters, pictures, e-mail, etc. (depending upon the
school’s available technology).
Students also organize, collect, and mail “care packages”
to active soldiers from the entire student body. |
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Storm Water Management * download as a word document * Assessment * Answer key |
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Students join forces to collect data relevant to stormwater management at their school and/or in their community. |
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Student Senior Service Connection * download as a word document * Assessment * Answer key |
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Students create a student-senior want ad digest with the objective of matching student volunteers with senior residents within the school district. Students offer service to a selected senior for at least one hour per month for the entire school year. |
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This Land is Your Land * download as a word document * Assessment * Answer key |
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Students create a model ecosystem that reflects their own natural environment. Students then apply this knowledge to designing, building, and maintaining their own actual ecosystem. |
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