Lesson Plans for K-12 Service-Learning: Selected 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.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/servicelearning/project_ideas.htm

Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance. Tips for Teachers: Project Ideas. Pittsburgh, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Education, n.d.

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 VirginiaAAEAAc€™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.

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, 2010.

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.