1. Essential Standards Related to Service Learning Kelsey Brown

2. Kindergarten K.E.1.2 Explain how jobs help people meet their needs and wants. K.E.1.1 Explain how families have needs and wants. K.G.2.2 Explain ways people use environmental resources to meet basic needs and wants (shelter, food, clothing, etc.). For K-2 we talk about the differences between wants and needs, what about those that cannot acquire the things that they need, shouldn’t we help them? After the students understand the differences and significance of the two, lead into helping those that are less fortunate. Segway into service project-since it’s Kindergarten, one within the school. They start out thinking about self, broaden that concept early. Get them to think about others that are like them within their school.

3. 1 st 1.G.2.1 Explain ways people change the environment (planting trees, recycling, cutting down trees, building homes, building streets, etc.). 1.E.1.3 Explain how supply and demand affects the choices families and communities make.

4. 2 nd 2.G.2.1 Give examples of ways in which people depend on the physical environment and natural resources to meet basic needs. 2.G.2.2 Explain how people positively and negatively affect the environment. 2.C&G.2.1 Exemplify characteristics of good citizenship through historical figures and everyday citizens. 2.C&G.2.2 Explain why it is important for citizens to participate in their community.

5. 2 nd Grade Itty Bitty City Service Project Pick a good to sell and a service to provide Create and Include: list of store ideas, schedules, money/checks, generic parent letter for volunteers, generic donations letter Assessments to use: pictures of businesses for students to list goods and services that may be provided "monsters at work" thinking posters. Students are given just the little monster working. They must design the workplace around him. magazine craft for students to create their own store and add goods they would sell to the storefront reflection booklet for students to fill out after the project. Includes "know your role" form on their job role, "goods vs services" what each classroom's goods and services were {if done as a grade level}, "at your service" rating sheet

6. 3 rd 3.G.1.3 Exemplify how people adapt to, change and protect the environment to meet their needs. 3.C&G.2.1 Exemplify how citizens contribute politically, socially and economically to their community. 3.C&G.2.2 Exemplify how citizens contribute to the well-being of the community’s natural environment.

7. 4 th 4.E.2.2 Explain how scarcity of personal financial resources affects the choices people make based on their wants and needs.

8. 5 th 5.G.1.2 Explain the positive and negative effects of human activity on the physical environment of the United States, past and present.

9. Empowerment Fair Set up like a science fair Economic Aspects Earn Save Budget To use it to help others Students research Causes Foundations Charities Philanthropists

10. 6 th 6.E.1.2 Explain how quality of life is impacted by economic choices of civilizations, societies and regions.

11. 7 th 7.H.2.4 Analyze the economic, political, and social impacts of disease (e.g. smallpox, malaria, bubonic plague, AIDS and avian flu) in modern societies. 7.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues over time. Can include something for vaccines and awareness in lower socioeconomic areas Awareness day Maybe offer free shots and testing Research people in the community willing to help Health Dept etc Nurses

12. 7 th continued 7.G.1.3 Explain how natural disasters (e.g. flooding, earthquakes, monsoons and tsunamis), preservation efforts and human modification of the environment (e.g. recycling, planting trees, deforestation, pollution, irrigation systems and climate change) affect modern societies and regions. Examples Earth Day Adopt a highway

13. 8 th 8.C&G.2.2 Analyze issues pursued through active citizen campaigns for change (e.g. voting rights and access to education, housing and employment).