Learning by serving community
Students will:
– Build connections to their community by giving back in a useful way
– Learn collaboration skills through authentic work experience
– Develop abilities to problem solve and create
– Identify benefits of community service
Exploring similarities & differences
Students will learn what group members have in common.
Capturing Kupuna Wisdom and Community History
Students will:
* Increase understanding of their community through research and interviewing
* Apply language arts skills including critical thinking, questioning, listening, speaking, and writing
* Work in collaboration to document and perpetuate community wisdom and history
Communicate a message using video
Students will:
* Develop interest and knowledge about a relevant issue
* Co-create a video production plan, including storyboard and script
* Co-produce a video that shares a powerful message
* Develop collaboration, communication and writing skills by working on a production team
Establishing the way “to be”
Students will:
* Learn about protocols and agreements
* Understand kuleana & interconnectedness of individual behavior in a group setting
* Collaborate with teacher(s) to create specific agreements on “how to be”
* Learn about any established school and classroom protocols
Developing the ability to focus
Students will develop critical observation skills
Identify & celebrate everyone’s gifts
Students will:
* Participate in an exercise to build confidence
* Receive positive encouragement to believe in themselves
* Experience success through service
Reinforcing daily acts of kindness
Students will be reinforced for doing daily acts of kindness, which are “baby steps” to community service.