Curriculum and Activities

Service Learning Activities & Articles

The following lists provide ideas for service learning class assignments and activities.

Orientation

  • Intro to Service Learning reading
  • What is service?
  • Serving in Humboldt County
  • 8 Essential Elements activity
  • Writing your position description

Reflections

  • Reflection prompt: "What, So What, Now What?"
  • Impact mapping
  • Tie in with student learning outcomes
  • Letter to self

Culminating Activities

  • Academic posters (IdeaFest)
  • Digital storytelling
  • Publishing
  • Reflection essays
  • Presentations

The Critical Lens

  • Deconstructing Service Learning
  • Positionality reflection
  • Spectrum of service (from low to high engagement and impact)
  • Justice, equity, diversity, and inequality

 

Articles and Research (Please contact us for any of the following articles or access to our Google Drive).

  • "Intro to Service Learning Pedagogy" - Rice
  • "What are Service Learning and Civic Engagement" - Cress
  • "Traditional Vs. Critical Service Learning"  - Mitchell
  • "Service Learning - Dismantling a Pedagogy for Whiteness" - Mitchell
  • "How Service Learning Enacts Social Justice Sensemaking" - Mitchell
  • "Preparing Students for Effective Service Learning" - Rice

This page is currently under construction.  Please feel free to contact ccbl@humboldt.edu for further assistance with resources.

 

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