For one of the next lessons you teach, find a way to connect it with a service project. Students studying science could participate in a community environmental project; students studying history could help older adults document their family history. Put your students in a situation where they have to interact with adults and community members or mentor younger students.
Student storytellers at Rancho Minerva partnered with the school’s Best Buddies program to help these students learn about photography.
Produced by Beth Duncan, Storyteller at Vista Unified School District