COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

Community Service Log Sheet

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
DUE: Wednesday December 14th

Our next unit will be about citizenship.  We will discuss the various roles we play as citizens in the family, in school and in the community.  This project is meant to help you see yourselves in a larger community.  You will identify areas of need in your community and try to address these issues through a community service project.  You will have the option of working with a non-profit organization that has already defined its mission and goals or you may see an issue in your community that is not currently being addressed.  In this case you be able to create a service project that addresses your identified areas of need. NEW: This semester Mrs. Kelliher and I will be offering 2, two-hour after school service options at Kingswood for interested students.

Step 1:  BRAINSTORM LIST Brainstorm a list of needs you see in your community.  Use your own views as well as conversations with others in your community to try to identify as many areas of concern as possible.

Step 2:  FOUR OPTIONS WITH CONTACT INFORMATION Narrow your list of concerns to 4 possible service ideas based on your interest level and your ability to work on that project.  Educate yourself on these four areas of interest.  All the information that you gather will be put together in a folder within the classroom for all to review therefore creating a resource for others as well as yourself to determine your final community service project.  You may include pamphlets/brochures etc.  You will type up the contact information for each of the 4 service ideas and include a paragraph of information related to what kind of work you would be doing for this service project. 

Step 3: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Choose one issue or organization to research and provide a historical background for the class. If you are creating your own service project and/or your organization does not have and available history.  Research the history of a non-profit in your general field of interest.  MAKE SURE THIS IS A LOCAL NON-PROFIT.  (We will be creating a binder of organizations and issues of concern which will include a historical background, literature and contact information for the service ideas of the class.  This will be for future classes to use to help them choose service projects.) 

Step 4:  PLAN OF ACTION Choose your service project and create a “Plan of Action.”  Identify the goals you hope to achieve, most importantly improving some segment of the community.  Find out what is currently being done, if anything to solve the problem and create a list of next steps that you will take.  Have your plan of action approved by the teacher.

Step 5: SERVE 4 HOURS AND COMPLETE LOG Implement your “Plan of Action.”  Keep a log of your hours as you progress through this project.  If you choose to work for an established non-profit organization please identify your facilitator and have them initial the log and a description of the work completed.  If you choose to create your own service experience please choose an adult 21 years or older to act as your facilitator and who can help you to accomplish your goals.  In this case, that adult will initial your log and service description.

JOURNAL REFLECTIONS: Each time you work towards completing your goals write a reflection about how you feel you are improving your community, obstacles that you face and your next steps in the process.  Minimum 3 reflections (typed ½ page minimum). INCLUDE REFLECTIONS IN FINAL PROJECT

Step 6:  VISUAL PRESENTATION Once your project is complete, create a visual representation of your project.  You may consider a scrapbook, PowerPoint or some other method to show others what you have done to improve your community.  You will include evidence of Steps 1-5 in your project.  You will present this visual the week prior to the end of the semester.

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Step 1	Students identify more than 4 reasonable, insightful barriers/problems that need to change within their community.	Students identify at least 4 reasonable, insightful barriers/problems that need to change within their community.	Students identify at least 3 reasonable, insightful barriers/problems that need to change within their community.	Students identify fewer than 3 reasonable, insightful barriers/problems that need to change within their community.
Step 2	Students research 4 possible service projects and produce useful information to share with class. Student provides detailed history of chosen issue/organization.	Students research 3 possible service projects and produce useful information to share with class. Student provides history of chosen issue/organization.	Students research 2 possible service projects and produce useful information to share with class.  Student lacks historical background on chosen issue/organization.	Students research 1 possible service projects and produce useful information to share with class. Student lacks historical background on chosen issue/organization.
Step 3	Students will create a “Plan of Action” that (1)lists the problem, (2)possible solutions, (3)impact on the community as well as (4)resources available to address the need identified.	“Plan of Action” is missing one key component.	“Plan of Action” is missing 2 key components.	“Plan of Action” is missing 3 key components.
Step 4	Student logs a minimum of 8 hours working on their service project and write a minimum of 3 reflections regarding the work completed and the impact on the community.	Student logs a minimum of 6 hours working on their service project and write a minimum of 2 reflections regarding the work completed and the impact on the community.	Student logs a minimum of 4 hours working on their service project and write a minimum of 1 reflection regarding the work completed and the impact on the community.	Student logs a minimum of 2 hours working on their service project but does not complete the corresponding reflections.
Step 5	Students create an original, reflective and interesting product that addresses their impact on the community.	Students create a product that displays improvement made to their community but lacks reflective work.	Students create an accurate product but it does not adequately display improvement to the community.	The product does not fulfill the requirements as listed above.