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Volunteering Our Time Lesson Plan

Volunteering Our Time Lesson Plan

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Volunteering Our Time

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Young scholars participate in a service learning project. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students volunteer their time at a local soup kitchen and reflect upon the experience in a journal.

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3rd - 5th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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Project-Based Learning

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