Living Democracy: Service-Learning Projects

Throughout the grant, the school district teams from Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, worked to integrate service-learning into their local social studies curriculum and assessments of student learning at various grade levels – ensuring the continuation of these laboratories for democracy for participating schools and communities. Over the three years, students collaborated with community organizations on numerous projects, including:

Holding A Mock Town Meeting - Promoting Participation

Acton/Brockton School Department - Acton, Massachusetts
Grade 5
Content Areas: social studies, language arts, visual arts

Celebrating Ancient Greece - Greek Culture and History Awareness

Hudson Public Schools - Hudson, Massachusetts
Grade 6
Content Areas: social studies, language arts, math, science

Tracing Community History - Collecting Oral Histories

SU98 - Mount Desert Island, Maine
Grade 6
Content Areas: social studies, language arts

Hunger Banquet - Hunger Awareness

North Adams Public Schools - North Adams, Massachusetts
Grades 9-12
Content Areas: social studies

Bear Baiting Referendum - State Referendum Education

SU98 - Mount Desert Island, Maine
Grades 9-12
Content Areas: social studies

Engaging Voters - Voting Education/Awareness

Winthrop Public Schools - Winthrop, Maine
Grade 10
Content Areas: social studies

Small Town Big History - Local History Education

MSAD59 - Madison, Maine
Grades 10-11
Content Areas: social studies