Take Action

Challenge students to go out in the community and act

Service Learning - provide assistance or service in the community
• Promote Community volunteerism (National Volunteer Day, School Volunteer Day)
• Help non-profits or religious places (feeding the poor, clothing drives)
• Schedule emergency training (the Red Cross, and fire department offer free of charge in some cases)
• Environment (sustainable gardening, e-waste, recycling)
• Volunteer at schools, festivals, parks
• Volunteer with League of Women Voter’s drive to call and remind people to vote
Field Trip Reports
• Sustainable gardening at a school site
• Recycling center
• Visit an ethnic art exhibit/museum
• Non-profit agency
• Take a tour of city hall
Interviews (Create a list of questions from students before you go, or they come to your class)
• Talk to someone who is practicing Global Citizenship
• Non profit agency workers
• Local officials
• A history story teller
Demonstration
• Composting
• Oil Recycling
Communicate findings to a wider audience
• Make a speech to the class
• Present findings outside of class
• Blog on the Internet
• Create a video on the Internet
• Write a letter
• Compile a list of resources and make available on the web (make a list of local and global ethnic/non ethnic NGO resources) for other students
Engage the Community
• Have a community fair at the adult school.
• Have representative from EED/job placement come regularly to your school and report on new jobs
• Have a recruiting event at your school for hard to fill positions
• Organize a charity event or drive