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Download full textDegelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 2001
This issue of "Service Learning Network" examines a world where teachers, students, and community members break the age barrier in service to their communities. "Images of Intergenerational Service" (Paul Simon), offers images of intergenerational service from political and personal points of view. "The Gathering of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Intergenerational Programs
Prevots, Naima – 1990
A Boston pageant, "Cave Life to City Life," created in 1920 as part of a city-wide reform effort, called "Boston-1915," is discussed. This pageant, typical of hundreds produced during the Progressive Era, was meant as an artistic and teaching vehicle for the community to address serious social problems. Social workers, civic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Charlottesville. – 1987
This resource package contains ideas for local projects to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution. The document includes a bicentennial chronology, a selection of general projects, educational projects, air and print media projects, and fine arts projects. Six appendices feature: (1) Bicentennial Chronology; (2)…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Academic Programs. – 1987
Social studies fairs provide opportunities for citizenship education and for involvement in activities that emphasize thinking and inquiry skills. The Louisiana local, regional, and state social studies fairs present exhibitions of projects prepared by elementary and secondary school students to portray applications of basic principles,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Civil Defense (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1971
Thirty-four classroom games are listed in this self-contained guide for the purpose of teaching civil defense concepts and protective content as an integral part of the K-12 social studies curriculum. Objectives of the games in this book are: to develop an awareness of civil defense; to learn vocabulary used in civil defense functions; and, to…
Descriptors: Civil Defense, Class Activities, Community Programs, Concept Teaching
Peer reviewedPereira, Carolyn; And Others – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1990
Maintains that involvement in community service develops civic responsibility in students. Provides examples of community service projects from a Close-Up Project, a Civic Achievement Award Program (CAAP), and an elementary curriculum, "Education for Citizenship." Shows community service is appropriate for all grade levels. Includes teacher…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship Responsibility, Class Activities, Community Action
Schechter, Stephen L., Ed.; Bernstein, Richard B., Ed. – 1990
This document presents learning materials designed to support school and community activities dealing with the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, and particularly with New York State's role in the nation's constitutional history. The following materials concerning school and community activities are included: "'Congress Shall Make No…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Center for Understanding the Built Environment, Prairie Village, KS. – 2002
This curriculum packet of teacher-developed lesson plans, intended for use with students in middle and/or high schools, focuses on student involvement in community projects. The first lesson plan, "Physics Park" (Scott McQuerry), aims for students to construct a playground and the examine the physics behind the playground's equipment. Students use…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Built Environment, Community Programs, Creative Activities
Harms, Louise; Hayes, Ray – 1975
This curriculum guide presents the outline of a senior high school quinmester course which offers credit for participation in specific activities related to the Bicentennial commemoration. Based on the Citizen '76/American Issues Forum, the unit activities relate to special radio and television programs. The objectives of the program are to foster…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, Colonial History (United States), Community Programs
Jager, Harry A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
"Let Freedom Ring!" is a radio program built around the Bill of Rights and the questions that these rights raise. It is the contribution of the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education, to the Sesquicentennial Celebration ordained by Congress. The series began on Washington's Birthday, Sunday, February 22, 1937, and continued…
Descriptors: Freedom, Civil Rights, Learning Activities, Social Studies
