Part 4: Serve – Living to Serve
“Serve: Living to Serve” is a two-lesson FFA leadership resource that teaches students the difference between community service and service-learning, using the Kid President “Socktober” video as a discussion starter. Students brainstorm, evaluate, and plan their own service activities and reflect on the meaning of the FFA motto’s “Living to Serve” line. The lesson works well as an accompaniment to any LifeKnowledge unit.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define community service and service-learning.
- Be able to analyze and evaluate service activities and determine the type of service.
- Construct, take part in and evaluate a service activity.
- Time required
- Two Lessons. First lesson; Interest Approach – 10 minutes; Both Lessons and Activities – 40 minutes. Additional in- or out-of-class time to execute service activity as desired.
- Grade level
- 9-10
- Materials
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- Professional Growth PowerPoint
- Public writing surface
- Sticky notes
- One copy per student of the "Brainstorming for Service" worksheet
- One copy per student of the "Reflections on Service" worksheet
- "Official FFA Student Handbook" – one per student
- FFA.org and additional resources
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Civic Literacy; Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Implement Innovations; Information, Communications, and Technology Literacy; Initiative and Self-direction; Leadership and Responsibility; Think Creatively
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- An accompaniment to any LifeKnowledge unit.
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
- CRP.11Use technology to enhance productivity. Career-ready individuals find and maximize the productive value of existing and new technology to accomplish workplace tasks and solve workplace problems.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
FFA Precepts
- FFA.CS-N.Decision MakingAnalyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.