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Making Service Count

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Students investigate the importance of community service by creating their own project ideas.  In this volunteering instructional activity, students research stories of Peace Corps Volunteers and how they were able to have a positive effect in their community.  Students create and share ideas which they could perform in a community to help others.

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community service, volunteering, the peace corps

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community service, peace corps, volunteering, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
3 hrs
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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