Support Your Local Park!

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Support Your Local Park!

Description:

Students will become aware of parks in their community and state; will gain an understanding of the needs of parks and how individuals can be of influence in supporting parks, and will gain firsthand experience in improving a park.

Education Levels:

4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Subject:

Process Skills, Civics, Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

The National First Ladies' Library

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Keywords:

Community projects, Recreation, Outdoors, Research skills, Park service, Volunteers, Community parks, Public spaces

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

The National First Ladies' Library

Contributor:

Marian Maxfield

Is Part Of:

http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Civics, Information and Communication Skills, Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts (1996)

12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Conforms To

NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts (1996)

7. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network