DoDEA's 21st Century Strands and Strategies eBook - page 52

21st Century Strands & Strategies
Chapter: Strands & Strategies: Deep Dive52
Type Feature
Service
Learning
Service Learning (moderate degree of integration): Involves
community projects that occur during class time. Service learning is a
teaching strategy that connects classroom curriculum with service
projects. Service learning engages students in projects that serve the
community while building social, civic, and academic skills.
Click the link to see the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality
Practice from the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC).
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Service learning projects should complement academic instruction
and make lessons engaging and accessible for even the most
disengaged students. In successful projects, teachers guide students
in brainstorming and developing new projects or assist them in
adapting service learning lesson plans to meet needs in the local
community.
Example
Click the link to access the interactive website, LIFT: Raising the Bar for
Service Learning Practice from the National Youth Leadership Council
(NYLC) to see exemplar videos, interviews with experts, access
articles, planning tools, and lesson plans for service learning projects.
Learning
Centers/Parallel
Disciplines
Learning Centers/Parallel Disciplines (moderate degree of
integration): Address a topic or theme through the lenses of multiple
subject areas.
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Elementary learning centers; Secondary: Study a topic or theme in
different classrooms. Teachers sequence their content to meet the
content of other classrooms.
Example
Designing Effective Literacy Centers for the Second Grade Classroom