Former President John F. Kennedy once declared that, “…one person can make a difference, and every person must try.”
President Obama once said, “I’m asking you to believe not just in my ability to bring about real change…I’m asking you to believe in yours.”
Now that you have gained leadership skills, it's time to put them to use. …
For the 2nd half of the trimester, you'll be researching causes that you care about. Then, in small teams, you’ll design a Service Learning project that will make people aware of your cause. You won’t stop there, of course. The final step is to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! So, you’re team will serve others in some way and document all that you do with video, using appropriate social media. Your final project will be to “share your story” through multimedia.
To get started, we'll first be researching causes by starting here. You will also need to download the RECORDING SHEET below. Once you download it, save it to your folder, dropbox, google docs, skydrive, etc.