Last week our class learned about a Core Democratic Value, The Common Good. The Common Good is something that every citizen in our country has a responsibility to work toward. I decided we would do a service-learning project to contribute to a charity in our community. Since we recently learned about animals, I thought The Delta County Animal Shelter would be perfect. And since art is what our class does best, I decided to incorporate our talents into the project. Our class made over 100 orange and black paw-print necklaces that will be for sale this Tuesday by the office. After we pay back our investor (Mrs. Peterson), all proceeds will go to the Animal Shelter.
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This is the oven-bake clay that we used to make the pendents.
Each student made several. |
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| Tessa was so proud of the pendent she created! |
Not only did students create the product, they also wrote a commercial for our morning announcements, went from classroom to classroom and spoke about our project, designed a flyer that was distributed school-wide, created posters to hang up around school, and auditioned to be cashiers. This project encompassed all subjects and had real-life experience. These students are proud of the work they have done and the contribution they've made to our community.
