Community Lessons: Promising Curriculum Practices

This Guide grew out of a mutual desire among teachers and administrators to share successful community service-learning instructional practices. Community Lessons reflects the enthusiasm teachers, students and community members feel about augmenting existing curricula with community-based learning experiences. The Guide shows how dedicated teachers integrate community service-learning into their teaching practices. It presents specific units that can be easily replicated and adapted to varying grade levels and specific curricular goals. Curriculum guide for K-12 service-learning. Contents: Emergency Room - North Adams / Safety on the Bus Elementary - North Adams / Cool New Kid Handbook - Framingham / Vernal Pools - Bolton / Ordinary Heroes - Sharon / Literacy Leaders - West Roxbury / Veterans - Framingham / Community Garden - Wareham / Zoo Project - Attleboro / Let Their Voices Be Heard - Fiskdale / Nature Trail - Acton Boxborough / American Dream Quilt - Sharon / Responsibilities of Citizenship - Hudson / Senior-Senior Prom - North Adams.