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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Tips on Starting a Community Service Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A successful community service project is the result of clear objectives, thoughtful planning and coordination, savvy use of resources, and follow-through.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Why Is Community Service Important? [Pdf]

For Teachers 8th
"Why is Community Service Important?" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage is part of a report that the Obama-Biden campaign prepared about service and volunteering. It is followed by questions which require students to provide...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Community Helpers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart describes various people who are community helpers such as a police officer, doctor, nurse, garbage collectors, etc.
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American Red Cross

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page of the American Red Cross with links to disaster services, biomedical services, international services, community services, military services, health and safety services, volunteer services, and youth services. Also includes...
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Give Water a Hand

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
National watershed education program engaging young people in environmental service projects. Download their free Action Guide and Leader Guidebook to get your class started on a community service project to help the environment. Action...
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Other

Corporation for National and Community Service: United We Serve

For Students 9th - 10th
See many ways to get involved in the community and promote volunteerism. Provides ideas for service, toolkits to help get started, and many resources for people willing to volunteer to improve their schools and communities.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Community Helpers Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
(Week of April 27th) A bilingual, weekly "Learn Along" Bingo card (one for PreK-K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Emphasis will be on...
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Other

First school.ws: Community Helpers Theme

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Community helpers theme activities. Choose a community helper or career to find crafts, printable activities, coloring pages and related Internet resources.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Community Helpers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used as an introduction to community helpers.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Community Helpers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains interactive lessons on community helpers such as police officers, firefighters, soldiers, mail carriers, bakers, farmers, doctors and teachers.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Lessons: Community Helpers Are at Your Service

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that introduces students to the people who provide services to the community. Students understand the difference between goods and services, and brainstorm the people who provide services in their community. Includes links to...
Lesson Plan
Organization for Community Networks

Organization for Community Networks: Community Helpers

For Teachers 3rd
The purpose of this online instructional activity is to help the children realize that it takes many, varied jobs for a city or town to work as a community. Indicated for K-2nd grade.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Comparing Community Helpers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
After reading the picture book Come on, Rain by Karen Hesse, which discusses how the weather both helps and harms the community, students bring tools from home to represent what their parents do for a living. They will present these...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Community Helpers Bingo: Grades 1 and 2

For Students K - 1st
A bilingual, weekly "Learn Along" Bingo card (one for PreK-K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventure. Emphasis will be on the PBS KIDS 24/7...
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Points of Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The mission of the organization is to instill compassion and the idea of service and philanthropy in school children. Find out how to start a Care Club and what projects the children can participate in.
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Other

Amnesty International Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the world of Amnesty International Kids in English or Spanish. This site introduces you to "the basics" of Amnesty International. It gives you a letter writing guide and some other activities to hook into.
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Other

United Way of America

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official site of the United Way of America. Information covers the mission, vision, community impact and agenda. You can also find the latest news about the community work of the United Way.
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Other

Nick.com: The Big Help

For Students 9th - 10th
The Big Help is made up of groups of kids hard at work improving their own communities.
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Curated OER

Teachnology: Community Helpers Teaching Theme

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Enhance classroom learning about community helpers with this thorough collection of lesson plans, activities, interactive sites and more.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Personal and Professional Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work together to improve their community while learning valuable life and employability skills. They will design and execute their own community service project. When the project is over, students will conduct a meeting and...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Community Helpers at Your Service

For Teachers K - 1st
Show elementary students the correlation between goods and services and consumers. "You will draw a picture of a community helper, and perhaps write some sentences about him or her, to show or tell how that helper provides a Service."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Actions Speak Louder [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students examine the role of the media in promoting a service project. They will create relevant media materials, implement a service project and then reflect on the results.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Lesson Plans, Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A collection of 29 lesson plans to use when teaching about September 11, about community service, or about tolerance, among other topics. These lesson plans have been created specifically with grades 3 through 5 in mind.
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Read Works

Read Works: Maggie and the Mission

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl named Maggie who looks for a community service project idea and then finds it by noticing the needs of a homeless man. A question sheet is available to help students...

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