1. A Personal History of Civic Engagement
In this assignment, students write a letter to me showing their personal history of civic engagement.
(created Mar 31, 2004)

2. A Service Learning Feature Article or News Story
Journalism 201 (News Writing) students participate in service learning for 10 to 15 hours and then write two articles based on their personal experience and original research in the field.
(created Mar 8, 2004)

3. American Experience: Oral History Project
Students in The American Experience--an English 101 and History 103 learning community--captured oral histories of individuals from long-standing families of Gilbert and then prepared them for the Gilbert Historical Society.
(created Feb 12, 2004)

4. Be the Rock: Enhancing Metaphorical Thinking Through Role Playing
Students write from the perspective of a rock so that they can get to know rockness. Then they compare themselves to a rock in an extended analogy. In this manner, writers learn that knowing a thing well can lead to a more apt analogy.
(created Sep 30, 2003)

5. Community Through Art Webquest
After reading "The Art of Change" by Sue Halpern, students complete webquest activities to enhance their understanding of creating community through art.
(created Sep 22, 2004)

6. Creative Journal Prompts for Service Learning Reflection
This list of creative prompts ask students to reflect on their service learning by role playing, describing, comparing, explore anger, look at the quality of light, and more to make meaning out of their experiences.
(created Mar 31, 2004)

7. English 102 Service Learning Reflection Essay
English 102 students complete more than 10 hours of meaningful service at a local agency and then reflect on that experience to capture their personal experience as well as to provide background information on the agency, explore the causes and effects of the social issue the agency deals with, and offer suggestions.
(created Feb 21, 2004)

8. Face to Face: Making Masks to Explore Identity and Diversity
Zarco Guerrero is a master at talking about masks as an art form and as a means of expression, making unique masks reflective of several cultural traditions, and performing in his masks. Students gained knowledge through Zarco’s lectures about masks, mask-making, identity and differences. Students also created masks through his mask-making workshops. With the masks they made, some students performed original poetry related to the masks and their identity.
(created Jun 6, 2007)

9. Getting Students to Register to Vote
In this activity, students in Brenda Larson and Teri Moser's Teachers, Today and Tomorrow Learning Community, take two political affiliation on-line tests and register to vote.
(created Feb 25, 2004)

10. Introduction to Poverty WebQuest: Awareness, Statistics, Policies, and Agencies
In this webquest, students become more aware of the demographics of poverty through research and literature.
(created Mar 31, 2004)