What Works in Social Studies. Learn to Serve, Serve to Learn.

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ERIC Number: EJ536902

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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ISSN: ISSN-0090-3167

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What Works in Social Studies. Learn to Serve, Serve to Learn.

Learning, v25 n3 p44-49 Nov-Dec 1996

Service learning can help students learn specific skills and concepts, particularly in social studies. The article examines characteristics of good middle school service learning projects, explains how to begin a project, discusses the benefits of service learning, presents an example of service learning in Wren Middle School, Piedmont (South Carolina), and offers relevant resources. (SM)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Service Learning, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Volunteers, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Carolina

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