Developing an Awareness for
Your Community
Next Generation Science/Common Core Standards Addressed!
 WHST.9-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising,
editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is
most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (HS-PS1-2)
 WHST.9-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to
answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem;
narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources
on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
(HS-PS1-3)
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Standards
Addressed!
 CRP.01.01. Model personal responsibility in the workplace and
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.
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CRP.01.01.01.a. Define personal responsibility and distinguish how it applies in workplace
and community (e.g., make educated choices, listen and follow directions, ask for help when
needed, meet expected standards, 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.
 What are the community service requirements for
FFA degrees.
Terms
Interest Approach
 What are the duties and responsibilities of an elected
community official?
 What influence do they have on the community?
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 an activity.
Service Projects May Include
 Charitable activities
 Community improvement
 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 monetary rewards.
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
Honor Society
A plan of service
 Written statement of the group’s skills and talents
and the ways
of providing service.
Through community service
projects, positive attitudes create
positive results
It is important to “plan your
work and work your plan.”
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.
Remember the FFA motto – Living to Serve!
The End!