Problem Area

Participating in Community and

Government Organizations

Next Generation Science/Common Core Standards Addressed!

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Standards Addressed!

• CRP.01.03. Identify and act upon opportunities for professional and civic service at work and in the community.

• Sample Measurement: The following sample measurement strands are provided to guide the development of measurable activities (at different levels of proficiency) to assess students’ attainment of knowledge and skills related to the above performance indicator. The topics represented by each strand are not all-encompassing.

– CRP.01.03.01.a. Define and categorize opportunities for professional service at work and in the community (e.g., serve on committees, attend meetings, etc.).

Bell Work!

• Describe the meaning and importance of community service.

• List and identify community service organizations.

• Explain how FFA members can be involved with community improvement and development.

Lesson 2

Developing an Awareness for Your

Community

Interest Approach

•What are the duties and responsibilities of an elected community official?

•What influence do they have on the community?

Terms

• Citizen• Civic clubs• Community service• Community service

campaign• Plan of service• Religion-based

organizations

What is community Service?

• Community service is performing activities that improve the quality of life in a community.

Service

• Service is helping others or providing for others through helpful acts.

Community Service Campaign

• A community service campaign is an organized and intense effort to carry out anactivity.

Service Projects May Include

• Charitable activities• community improvement • and fund raising campaigns.

Benefits of community service

• Give People a new outlook on life.

• Provide Learning experiences.

• Pull a community together.

Responsible citizenship is an asset that is respected

by others.

Many service projects require volunteerism.

• A volunteer is an individual who willingly performs a service without monetaryrewards.

Volunteering in time of Need

• Sometimes people are called to provide volunteer service during periods of disaster.

Team Work• Service projects

teach people to work together for a common cause.

Benefits

• Develops self-confidence• Promotes teamwork • Strengthens the

individual emotionally, physically and spiritually.

• Builds healthy people, environments, and communities.organizations include the following:

Organizations:

• American Red Cross

• American Cancer Society

• Salvation Army• Christian

Children’s Fund• March of Dimes

Civic clubs-groups formed to improve life in the local

• Lion’s Club• Kiwanis• Rotary Club• Optimists Club

Youth organizations

• 4-H• Girl Scouts of

America• Boy Scouts of

America• Campfire Boys

and Girls

Student organizations

•FFA• FHA• FBLA• VICA• NHS• DECA• Student Council

A plan of service

• Written statement of the group’s skills and talents and the waysof providing service.

Through community service projects, positive attitudes create positive

results

It is important to “plan your work and work your

plan.”

Remember FFA Degree advancement requires community service. Record your activities in the AET system that your advisor has provided for you!

Review/Summary

• Describe the meaning and importance of community service.

• List and identify community service organizations.

• Explain how FFA members can be involved with community improvement and development.

The End!