MS.60 Planning a Service Project (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge lesson (MS.60) teaches middle school students how to plan a service project. Through a hands-on team pyramid-building activity and guided instruction, students learn the components of a service plan, choose a service project, and develop a complete team service project plan, which is assessed via a written test and a team report rubric.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Name the components of a service plan-the organized components and strategies for executing a service activity.
- Choose a service project.
- Develop a service project plan.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 100 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Plastic cups
- Rubber bands
- Unsharpened pencils
- Candy or some small prizes
- Overhead projector
- Access to Internet—optional
- MS.60.TM.A
- MS.60.AS.A—one per student
- MS.60.Assess—one per student
- MS.60.Test—one per student
- Unit
- Stage Four of Development—SERVE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Help Others?
- Precepts
- D6: Value service to others.
- Key Term
- Service plan
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.7Evaluating Data–Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.