Service Learning for Teens
In service learning, volunteers apply academic, social, and personal skills to improve the community. They work as a team to investigate community needs, plan and execute a hands-on service project that solves a real-life problem, and then reflect on the results. This series explores how to get involved with various forms of service learning, from helping the homeless and protecting the environment to supporting veterans, immigrants, and the elderly. Interviews with teens who have made a difference will motivate readers to make an active contribution to their own communities.
• Draws upon skills from academic areas, including math, science, English, history, and technology and sharpens students' critical-thinking skills
• Nonfiction text that meets the students' need for complex informational texts
• Includes testimonials from teens involved in service learning
