HS.104 Opportunities to Serve Others (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.104, “Opportunities to Serve Others”) teaches high school students about service to others using a knight/battle theme, where students create a personal coat-of-arms. It covers the four target areas of service, the four ways to contribute through service, and the barriers to serving, culminating in a personal “service battle plan.” Includes transparency masters, activity sheets, a written test, and an authentic assessment.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify four target areas of service activities.
- List the four ways to contribute through service.
- Identify barriers to serving.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 100 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- One balloon per student
- 4 small slips of paper
- Transparency masters
- Activity sheets-one per student
- Optional: Movie clip of a famous battle scene (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor, etc.)
- Optional: TV and VCR/DVD player
- Unit
- Stage 4 of Development—SERVE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Serve Others.
- Precepts
- D6: Value service to others.
- Key Terms
- School-Centered, Family-Centered, Community-Based, Community-Wide
- Resources
- Blanchard, Ken and S. Truett Cathy. The Generosity Factor. Zondervan, 2002.; Heraldry, Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2002, http://encarta.msn.com; Kindel, Stephen and Marshall Loeb. Leadership for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons, 1999.; The Service Station website (www.servicestation.org); Do Something website (www.dosomething.org); ServeNet website (www.servenet.org); Volunteers of America website (www.voa.org)
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NPH-H.9-12.5Using Communication Skills to Promote Health — Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships.