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Advisory Lesson: Community Service

The Power of Service

You CAN Change The World • 2018 • Greta Thunberg • 15 years old • Protesting climate change in front of Swedish Parliament ALONE

You CAN Change the World • 2019 • Millions of people around the world join Greta in protest • Greta inspires other students to take action as well

You CAN Change the World • Greta invited to speak to the UN General Assembly • Warns the government representatives: “We are watching you.” • Nominated for Nobel Prize

Other Student Activists • Autumn Peltier (Canada First Nations) – Sacred Waters • Mari Copeny (Flint, MI) – Water Crisis • Helena Gualinga (Educadorian Amazon) – Deforestation • Bruno Rodriguez (Argentina) – Climate Change and Pollution

You CAN Change the World • You don’t have to do something “big” – just do something you care about • Think about things you’ve learned in class here at Tanglewood • Think about current events • Think about things that matter

Project Overview • Starts NOW • Ends January 31 with presentations • Groups permitted, but all students will present INDIVIDUALLY • Required of ALL 8th graders • 6th and 7th graders in your Advisory can help you with your project

Project Overview • All 8th graders will receive a journal • Paste schedule inside front cover • All notes, ideas, thoughts, research, etc. goes into the journal • DO NOT LOSE THE JOURNAL – It is part of your grade

Project Overview • There will be two pages on the school website to help you: • General info • List of resources • These pages go “live” on Monday, October 7, 2019

Project Overview • Explore all of the online forms starting Monday. • Don’t wait until the last minute to complete the forms. • Ask for help!

Project Overview • Need help? • Talk to your Advisory teacher • Talk to Mr. Gribbins • Talk to Ms. Hoffman • Talk to your parents

Project Overview • All paperwork will be submitted online via our website: www.HoustonISD.org/Tanglewood • Go to Academics > International Baccalaureate Programme > Community Project Resources

Important Due Dates • 10/3 – Three Ideas for Project • What are you passionate about? • What are you interested in? • What can you do that plays to your strengths?

Important Due Dates • 11/1 – Project Plan and Academic Honesty Form • This is your roadmap to completing your project • This requires the most detail

Important Due Dates • 10/22 – Journal Check • 12/6 – Journal Check

Important Due Dates • 1/10 – Project Evaluation and Reflection Form • Project must be done by now • This is a reflection of your work, your success, your failure

Important Due Dates • Project Evaluation and Reflection • It is okay if your project isn’t successful (if it fails) • Think about why it didn’t work • Talk about what you would do differently next time

Important Due Dates • 1/31 – Present your project to your Advisory • Turn in your Journal evidence

Steps of the Project All of these steps follow the four assessment criteria • Investigating (Criterion A) • Planning (Criterion B) • Taking Action (Criterion C) • Reflecting (Criterion D)

Investigation • Identify the type of action you want to take (raise awareness, participate actively, research, inform others, create/innovate, change behaviors, advocate, etc.

Investigation • Define the goal you are pursuing • This is a need • Based on personal interests • For example, organizing a blood drive, or creating a children’s book with and for autistic students

Investigation • Define the community you will be servicing • Campus, city, apartment building, state, country, etc. • People, environments/habitats, animals, groups, etc.

Investigate • Identify prior learning – What do you already know about these topics? • Identify subject-specific knowledge relevant to the project – What have you learned in other classes that can help you?

Investigate • Research the goal • Research the community • Brainstorm ideas • Take lots of notes • Experiment with options

Planning • Develop a proposal for action to serve the need in the community • This is a special form that will provided to you

Planning • Make plans • Set deadlines • Book calendar dates for action • Record everything you are doing in your process journal • Demonstrate self-management skills

Taking Action • Demonstrate service as action as a result of the project • This is the whole point of the community project • Make something • Do something

Taking Action • Demonstrate good thinking skills • Demonstrate good communication skills • Demonstrate good social skills

Reflecting • Evaluate the quality of your service as action as compared to your proposal • What worked and what didn’t? Why? What happened along the way to change your project?

Reflecting • Reflect on how completing the project has changed you as a human being • Reflect on what you have learned while working on the project • Reflect on your understanding of service learning • Reflect on ATL skills

The Community Project • This is one of your defining moments as a Tanglewood Gator • It showcases everything you have learned here so far • It allows you to show your creativity • It empowers you to make a difference

You CAN Change the World!

Thank You!