service learning

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she's working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.

What really matters to your students? The issues in front of them at school and in life. When students inquire into those issues and know that their arguments will be read with a skeptical eye next week by the city council or published in the local newspaper, they're eager to research and find relevant information in nonfiction texts to bolster their claims. They become committed to write, revise, edit, and correct their grammar. They want to think broadly about what reasoning will be effective with their audience. Want that kind of engagement in your classroom? Whether you teach English, social studies, science, or math, From Inquiry to Action will show you how step-by-step. Its projects for civic-engagement help kids become not only college and career ready but citizen ready. And not ready someday, but right now.

Discusses what community service is, how to participate in the projects, and how the projects make the community a better place.

A how-to book for students interested in becoming involved in community service.

Explains how to use inquiry to promote civic engagement in the school library makerspace. Provides step-by-step instructions for hands-on projects. Includes lists for possible organizations to work with, calendar dates to facilitate programming, detailed funding sources and makerspace set-up instructions, and advice for developing community partnerships.

"This course book is ... for students, offering advice and guidance on how to select a suitable CAS activity and how to approach the task: from planning and time management to what makes a successful and positive CAS experience. This resource is also helpful for CAS Coordinators and those involved in planning student CAS projects in their school"--Back cover.

Sixth-grader Emmy and her classmates start a secret community service project to help a hungry family, but soon Emmy finds herself involved in a home burglary ring operated by the family's neighbor.

A guide to planning CAS creativity, activity, and service projects.

"Features...advice on how the theory of CAS can be put into practice. [Presents] real examples of successful CAS projects from IB World Schools in all three IB regions and is a showcase for the...work that IB Diploma Programme students are doing by supporting local projects that have a global impact"--Back cover.

Describes a variety of opportunities for youngsters to participate in successful community service.