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Lesson Plans for K-12 Service-Learning Selected Resources

  Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, January 2006.

Our bibliographies strive to provide the most useful resources on a topic, with links to online full text items and downloadable PDFs when those are available. Library items may be borrowed from the Clearinghouse by Learn and Serve America grantees and subgrantees.

This bibliography highlights lesson plans for service-learning in K-12 settings.

For additional resources on these and other service-learning topics, visit the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse at www.servicelearning.org.
 
Featured Resource
  National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Service-Learning Ideas and Curricular Examples (SLICE). Scotts Valley, CA 2008.
<http://www.servicelearning.org/slice>
   
Online Lesson Plan Resources
  Boston Teachnet. Signature Projects. Boston: Boston Public Schools, n.d.
<http://bostonteachnet.org/>

California Department of Education. CalServe Initiative Service-Learning Lesson Plan Inventory. Sacramento: Author, 2004.
<http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/sl/>

Environmental Protection Agency. Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom. Washington, DC: Author, 2002.
<http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/svclearn.pdf>

Learning to Give. Service-Learning Lesson Plans. Muskegon, MI: Author, 2005.
<http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/index_page.asp>

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Service-Learning Project Ideas. Baltimore, MD: Maryland State Department of Education, n.d.
<http://www.mssa.sailorsite.net/ideas.html>

Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance. Tips for Teachers: Project Ideas. Pittsburgh, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Education, n.d.
<http://www.paservicelearning.org/Project_Ideas/index.htm>

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). PBS Kids Democracy Project Lesson Plans. Washington, DC: Author, 2000.
<http://pbskids.org/democracy/parentseducators/index.html>

Stephens, Sidney. Handbook for a Cultural Responsive Science Curriculum (Alaska Native). Fairbanks, AK: Alaska Native/Rural Education Consortium, 2003.
<http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/publications/handbook/handbook.pdf>

Stewart, David. West Virginia’s Service-Learning Lesson Plans for K-12 Challenged Students. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Department of Education. <http://wvde.state.wv.us/lessons/sllessonplans.pdf>

Vermont Community Works. Community Works Curriculum Exemplars. South Burlington, VT: Author, 2004.
<http://www.vermontcommunityworks.org/exemplars/index.html>
   
Print Resources
  These items are in the library of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse and may be borrowed by Learn and Serve America Grantees and Subgrantees.
  Born, Patricia. Ethics and Service: A Values Based Approach to Community Service Learning. Camden, ME: Institute for Global Ethics, 1999.

Buchen, Irving H. and Carl I. Fertman. Creating a Culture of Service: Effective Service Learning Series. Warminster, PA: Marco Products, Inc, 1994.

Close Up Foundation. Active Citizenship Today Handbook for High School Teachers. Los Angeles, CA: Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1994.

Close Up Foundation. Active Citizenship Today Handbook for Middle School Teachers. Los Angeles, CA: Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1995.

Dunlap, Nancy C., Sam F. Drew, and Kathy Gibson. Serving to Learn: High School Manual and Lesson Plans. Columbia, SC: South Carolina State Department of Education, 1994.

Kaye, Cathryn Berger. The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, and Social Action. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 2004.

Learn and Serve America. Learn and Serve Lesson Plans. Washington, D.C.: Learn and Serve America.

Rice, Dale, Kathy Hurst, and Joanne Caniglia. Learning with a Purpose: Academic Service-Learning Curriculum. Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University Office of Academic Service Learning, 2001.

Mannix, Darlene. Character Building Activities for Kids : Ready-to-Use Character Education Lessons & Activities for the Elementary Grades. Indianapolis, IN: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Adopt a Wetland: A Replication Guide for School Based Service-Learning. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Caring through Communication Technology: Replication Guide. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Cemetery Preservation: A Replication Guide for School Based Service-Learning. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Food for the Homeless: Replication Guide. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Kids Sew for Kids: a Replication Guide for School Based Service Learning. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Service Learning through Themes in Literature: a Replication Guide for School Based Service Learning. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Storytellers Serving Others: Replication Guide. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Stream Restoration: A Replication Guide for School Based Service Learning. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1996.

Maryland Student Service Alliance. Draft Instructional Framework in Service Learning for Elementary School. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Student Service Alliance, 1992.

The Master Teacher. Interactive Lesson Plans for Service Learning [cd-rom]. Manhattan, KS: The Master Teacher, 2001.

The Master Teacher. Lesson Plans for Service Learning. Manhattan, KS: The Master Teacher, 1999.

National Youth Leadership Council. Route to Reform: K-8 Service Learning Curriculum Ideas. St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council, 1994.

Schukar, Ron and Laurel Singleton. Service Learning in the Middle School Curriculum. Boulder, CO: Social Science Education Consortium, 1996.

Service-Learning Adventures. Service-Learning Adventures Lesson Plan Kit. Moorpark, CA: Author, 2005.

South Carolina State Dept of Education. Serving to Learn: Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Columbia, SC: South Carolina State Department of Education, 1994.

South Carolina State Dept of Education. Serving to Learn: High School Manual. Columbia, SC: South Carolina State Department of Education, 1994.

South Carolina State Dept of Education. Serving to Learn: Generation-2-Generation: Integrating Intergenterational Service-Learning Across the Curriculum. Columbia, SC: South Carolina State Department of Education, 2000.

Vermont Community Works. Connecting Service-Learning to the Curriculum: A Workbook for Teachers and Administrators. South Burlington, VT: Community Works Press, 2001.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Learning from Experience: A Collection of Service Learning Projects Linking Academic Standards to Curriculum. Madison, WI: Author, 2000.
   
   
   
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