Book Description

A rich, civics-based, community advocacy curriculum that pairs service-learning with social-emotional skill development social awareness, diversity, empathy, teamwork, selflessness, community outreach, kindness, voice, power or one) targeting children in intermediate grades. By combining these two well-researched methodologies, parents and teachers can easily nurture enhanced civic engagement, citizenship, and community advocacy within their children and students as part of an invigorated social studies curriculum or as an after-school club. Includes: Nine lesson plans complete with activities and supplemental materials; comprehensive guide for effectively planning and executing community advocacy events with children including sample calendars, communication methods, preparation, sponsoring effective collection drives; detailed information about creating and administering a community service and advocacy club for children and creating a mentorship program with a local high school; relation of curriculum to national social studies power standards; and summary of current research regarding service-learning and social-emotional learning.