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Challenge students with an authentic lesson on place and community by giving them a 12 hour window to build a story...from their phones.

Elementary students in Springfield, Illinois, study the difference between urban, suburban and rural communities and describe what makes them similar ...

This project provides a venue for students to share ways that they are making an impact through volunteer and/or school sponsored community based proj...

Service learning, global connections, and youth empowerment utilizing technology and the Lessons for Hope website will be the theme of this exhibit.

Middle school students reflect on their life in school. They brainstorm important events that shaped their life, write a reflection paper, then creat...

When parents, community, and businesses are involved with school activities, and they share resources and ideas, everyone benefits.

The purpose of the Intergenerational Connection (eventually known as Life Stories) was to promote youth development through service learning while dev...

A field trip to a local business helps students learn about what the business does and its role in the community. Instead of giving an oral report o...

Learn Locally, Share Globally encourages the use of persuasive writing through Public Service Announcements (PSA) to help students discover the storie...

How great would it be if every student could share their world with others in one place? How great would it be if students could compare cultures or ...

Students from Century High School in Bismarck, ND interview veteran in their community and retell their American experience. This project empowers stu...

Using digital tools to enhance the understanding and concepts of heroes in the middle and high school curriculum. The heroes curriculum is often taugh...

Students will create public service announcements for the purpose of supporting the development of a local reservoir in their community.

"What's on Your Corner" is a collection of photos taken in Berlin and the Czech Republic during the Apple Distinguished Educator Global...

The help desk represents the application of skills and principles taught in a real-world setting. The resources on this page are intended to support t...

Meet Newberry Award Winner Jean Craighead George who has dazzled children for over half a century with her books about animals and young people surviv...

Skowhegan Area Middle School in central Maine has embarked on rich learning experiences for 7-8th graders in a 1:1 environment.

Students investigate this autobiographical poem format with an iPhoto slideshow and original audio from GarageBand while focusing on the writing proce...

This project provides a collection of media and links to other media to apply real life examples of geometric concepts we teach. In addition, there a...

Students choose a media and make a short presentation about their community. Presentations are shared and discussion is facilitated about comparing a...

The next big thing! The students had an opportunity to become directors of a language show.

The building goal for my elementary school this year has to do with increasing students’ vocabularies. To reach this goal, each teacher has been tau...

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After reading the story "Visitor" in small group reading, each student wrote, illustrated and recorded his/her own story. During small grou...

This project gives students a chance to show their state pride. They have a chance to research state history, famous people from the state, and place...