MS.58 Defining Service
This is a LifeKnowledge middle school lesson (MS.58, “Defining Service”) that teaches students what service means in the context of helping others and how attitude shapes acts of service. Through a “service walk” around the school, group discussion, quotation posters, and reflection, students define service and illustrate the attitudes and actions behind it.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define service as it relates to helping others.
- Illustrate attitudes and actions of service.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Quotation cards-made from MS.58.AS.A
- Note cards
- Map of the school-optional
- MS.58.AS.A
- MS.58.AS.B-one per student
- MS.58.AS.C-one per student
- MS.58.TM.A
- MS.58.TM.B
- MS.58.Assess-one per student
- Overhead projector
- Writing surface
- Large pieces of paper for posters
- Variety of markers
- Masking tape or pushpins for hanging posters
- Unit
- Stage Four of Development-SERVE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Help Others?
- Precepts
- D6: Value service to others.
- Key Term
- Service
- Resources
- Kavelin Popov, Linda. The Virtues Project Educator's Guide. Torrance, CA: Jalmar Press, 2000.
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.