Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.2E Grade 8 CPI 4

 

Standard: 2.2 - Integrated Skills

 

Strand: E - Leadership, Advocacy, and Service

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will plan and implement volunteer activities to benefit a health organization or cause.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        BE A VOLUNTEER - Explain that people working together (collaboration) can solve many health problems. Tell students that many organizations that promote health depend on volunteers to help them. Ask how many students already volunteer in the community. Divide the class into small groups and have each group generate a list of possible places middle school students can volunteer. Reconvene the group and develop a master list. Each student develops a contract to volunteer for at least ten hours over a three-week period. Each student keeps a journal describing the activities and has his/her sponsor or supervisor sign the contract verifying the volunteer time.