• What experiences have you had with community service?
• Were these positive or negative experiences? Why?
• What personal assets did you contribute? How did you feel?
• What does a meaningful and successful service experience look like?
• Is service a choice or a responsibility?
• What do we know about the history of service in this country? And in other countries?
• What other examples of service-learning are you familiar with?
• In your own words, how would you explain the difference between service and service-learning? What is the potential impact for the volunteers and the community?
NYLC’s “Discover Service-Learning” website at http://www.nylc.org/wisl/index.html.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
13, 14-Oct-09 Journal Reflection
What do you already know about your "service-learning" organization?
Write 2-3 paragraphs discussing what you already know about your topic. This includes any learning, experience, or background knowledge you have, before doing any research on the topic. You may use the first-person point of view “I” in this section.
What do you want to find out or know more about?
Create a list of 15 questions that you have about your topic. These questions will guide your research; when finding sources, you will find sources that help answer these questions. After each question, you must explain why you want to know the answers to these questions. You may use the first-person point of view "I" in this section.
Write 2-3 paragraphs discussing what you already know about your topic. This includes any learning, experience, or background knowledge you have, before doing any research on the topic. You may use the first-person point of view “I” in this section.
What do you want to find out or know more about?
Create a list of 15 questions that you have about your topic. These questions will guide your research; when finding sources, you will find sources that help answer these questions. After each question, you must explain why you want to know the answers to these questions. You may use the first-person point of view "I" in this section.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
30-Sep-09 Journal Reflection
Write about a time when you made a poor choice. Describe the consequences of your choice. What have you learned as a result of your choice and the consequences? Write about a time when you made a good choice.
Prepare interview questions to ask the service-learning organization contact for your research paper.
Examples:
- What kinds of choices have you faced over the years?
- What's the best choice you've ever made? The poorest choice?
- Were you able to predict the consequences of your choices? Were there any big surprises?
- If you go back in time and change just one of your choices, which one would it be? How would your choice be different? How would the consequences be different?
29-Sep-09 Journal Reflection
Do a "Secret Service" ~
Choose someone you'd like to do something nice for or give something to. Leave a treat on a porch, in a locker, on a desk. Write an anonymous note telling the person why you admire him or her.
Friday, September 25, 2009
23-Sep-09 Journal Reflection
Read and discuss the following poem by Edwin Markham.
He drew a circle that shut me out--
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
What does this poem mean to you and your friends? Can you think of examples from your own life that seem to fit the poem? Is there anyone you know who might benefit from being drawn into your circle?
Write in your journal about a time when someone was kind to you or did a service for you. How did you feel? Have you ever received a service that made you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed? Why did you feel that way? What can you learn from that experience?
He drew a circle that shut me out--
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
What does this poem mean to you and your friends? Can you think of examples from your own life that seem to fit the poem? Is there anyone you know who might benefit from being drawn into your circle?
Write in your journal about a time when someone was kind to you or did a service for you. How did you feel? Have you ever received a service that made you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed? Why did you feel that way? What can you learn from that experience?
22-Sep-09 Journal Reflection
Dr. King's words challenge us:
"...injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
We will listen to the cries of the poor; we will stand in solidarity with those who suffer oppression; we will take as our own the hopes of all who long for a full human life (what it means to be fully human); we will create in our midst the Beloved Community with room for all, justice for all, and joy for all.
Explain how these words invite you to become an individual who cares about his/her community. Thinking about your extended class and your school, describe how you could be a caring member of this community. Please offer specific examples.
"...injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
We will listen to the cries of the poor; we will stand in solidarity with those who suffer oppression; we will take as our own the hopes of all who long for a full human life (what it means to be fully human); we will create in our midst the Beloved Community with room for all, justice for all, and joy for all.
Explain how these words invite you to become an individual who cares about his/her community. Thinking about your extended class and your school, describe how you could be a caring member of this community. Please offer specific examples.
16-Sep-09 Journal Reflection
- Define what service learning is.
- Search for, select, and report on three different service learning opportunities in your community.
- What kind of service learning works best for you?
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