Helper's Guide , Activity #1

Scenario Cards–

1. Sam and Maria want to raise funds to build a skateboard park for everyone in the community.





2. Your choir performs at a hospital and distributes toys during the holidays to children who are sick.





3. The group volunteers at an animal shelter and encourages people to adopt unwanted animals.

Links–

Scenario Cards

• Service Situation Cards (.pdf - kb)

  
  

  From the University of Tennessee Extension Service

Service Learning Websites

• Challenges of Service Learning in Tennessee 4-H Youth Development (.pdf - 131 kb)
  

  Report by a graduate student examining the 4-H program





• Community Service Versus Service-Learning:
  Which Is Best for 4-H?

  
  

  An article in the Journal of Extension by Jill Stafford, Barry Boyd and James R. Lindner





• Is Community Service a Waste of Time.

  
  

  From Education World





• Service Learning & Community Service





• Service Learning: Thinking Beyond Community Service (.pdf - 384 kb)

  
  

  From the University of Tennessee Extension Service





• What is Service Learning? (.pdf - 88 kb)

  
  

  Tip sheet from Youth Service America





• What is Service Learning?





• Powerpoint Presentation.

  
  

  From the National Service Learning Clearinghouse