1. MAIN
IDEA
Highlight
the
CAUSE
&
the
Hero’s
ACTION
using
the
key
below.
CAUSE/TOPIC
ACTION
TAKEN
Heroes cared and
took action.
Bob
Geldoff
In 1984, Bob Geldoff worked to end world hunger by organizing
“Live Aid” concert & raised $150 million in 1 DAY!
Peter Benenson Nelson Mandela Betty Williams
1961, 2 students in Portugal raised 1920sNelson Mandela protested Betty Williams organized a Peace
their glasses to freedom and were South African apartheid (racial March in response to violence in
imprisoned for 7 yrs. Peter segregation) in the 1920s. Northern Ireland. However, the
Benenson wrote a letter to a local Consequently, he was imprisoned first march encountered violence.
paper to rally support for the 27 years for treason. After She persisted and 35,000 people
students & protest this injustice. As Mandela’s release, he ran for showed up for the 2nd march for
st
a result, he founded Amnesty president and became the 1
peace in Ireland. As a result of her
International, a human rights non- democratically elected president in
peace efforts, Williams won the
governmental organization. South Africa & 19 million people
Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.
voted! Mandela accomplished his
goal and ended apartheid.
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2. Excerpt from ‘The Drum Major Instinct’
A Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta,
February 4, 1968
DIRECTIONS:
HIGHLIGHT
the
MAIN
IDEA
of
the
speech.
…If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—
wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who
is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s your new definition of
greatness. And this morning, the thing that I like about it . . . by giving
that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great. Because
everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve.
You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You
don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to
know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the
second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a
heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant…
Copyright: Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Copyright renewed 1996, Coretta Scott King.
Used by permission of Writers House, LLC, New York City.
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3. EXAMPLES of Service Learning Topics
Environment •
•
Climate Change
Recycling
• Deforestation (Rain Forests)
Ecosystems •
•
Littering
Hurricane Preparedness
• Threatened Environments (Coral Reefs, Ice Caps Melting)
Chemistry •
•
Pinelands Preservation (i.e., Black Run Preserve in Marlton)
Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve
• Water Pollution (access to clean water)
• Air Pollution
• Light Pollution
Medical •
•
Aids
Cancer (Breast, Leukemia, Hodgkins, Ovarian, etc)
• Disabilities (Hearing, Developmental, Learning, etc)
Public •
•
Drug or Alcohol Abuse
Drunk Driving
Safety •
•
Teen Suicide
Cigarettes
• Organ Donation/Transplants
Physics •
•
Obesity
Eating Disorders
• Drugs and Sports
• Bike Safety/Bike Helmets
• Car Accidents (Seat Belts)
• Germs/Bacteria (Hand-Washing)
Animal •
•
Animal Testing (i.e., Iams Cruelty)
Puppy Mills
Dog Fighting
Welfare •
• “Unchain your Dog”
• The Seal Hunt
• Gorilla Poaching
• China Fur Trade
• Elephant Poaching
• Animal Shelters: Make Adoption your first option
• Spay & Neuter pets
• Bear Baiting (South Carolina, Middle East)
• Circuses (animal abuse)
• Dolphin slaughter in Japan (The Cove)
Human •
•
Poverty/Homelessness - focus on 1 country (i.e., USA, Chile, Mexico)
Polygamy
Child Abuse
Rights •
• Genocide in Darfur
• Taliban and treatment of women
• World Hunger – focus on
• Malnutrition in Malawi: Project Peanut Butter
• Women’s Rights in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, etc
• Civil War/ Rape in the Congo
• Cyber-bullying
• Childhood Prostitution/Enslavement
• Bullying
• Capital Punishment
• Cyber-safety (online risks)
• Terrorism
• Torture
• Education For All : Pakistan (author, Dean Mortenson), India
• Discrimination (race, religion, gender, ethnic, Immigration)
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4.
List global, national, or local
problem s/social issues.
1. W orld hunger
What social issue would As a responsible citizen, Why is it your
you change? what action(s) could you responsibility to take
take to improve the action?
situation?

5. MAIN
IDEA
Highlight
the
CAUSE
&
the
Hero’s
ACTION
using
the
key
below.
CAUSE/TOPIC
ACTION
TAKEN
Heroes cared and
took action.
Bob
Geldoff
In 1984, Bob Geldoff worked to end world hunger by organizing
“Live Aid” concert & raised $150 million in 1 DAY!
Peter Benenson Nelson Mandela Betty Williams
1961, 2 students in Portugal raised 1920sNelson Mandela protested Betty Williams organized a Peace
their glasses to freedom and were South African apartheid (racial March in response to violence in
imprisoned for 7 yrs. Peter segregation) in the 1920s. Northern Ireland. However, the
Benenson wrote a letter to a local Consequently, he was imprisoned first march encountered violence.
paper to rally support for the 27 years for treason. After She persisted and 35,000 people
students & protest this injustice. As Mandela’s release, he ran for showed up for the 2nd march for
st
a result, he founded Amnesty president and became the 1
peace in Ireland. As a result of her
International, a human rights non- democratically elected president in
peace efforts, Williams won the
governmental organization. South Africa & 19 million people
Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.
voted! Mandela accomplished his
goal and ended apartheid.