Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship

Activity Sheet
(week 5-6)

Community Action

Activity 1. Warm up: RePLAY, ReLIVE, ReCREATE - Community Engagement through

Sports

Directions: Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI_6quF_sJ4

How can you relate the video to our topic regarding Community Engagement?

Rubrics for the essay:

Needs Approaching
Good Excellent 4
improvement standards
3 pts pts
1 pts 2 pts
Ideas and There is no clear You put thought into What you are writing What you are
Content or specific this, but there is no about is clear. You writing about is
explanation in real evidence of answered the question. clear and
answer to the learning. More Some support may be wellexpressed,
question. specific information lacking, or your including specific
is needed or you sentences may be a bit examples to
need to follow the awkward. Overall, a demonstrate what
directions more decent job. you learned. Well
closely. done!
Use of No terms from Only one term from Your answer included Your answer
terms the lesson are the lesson is used in several terms from the included all the
used. the answer. Try for a lesson, demonstrating terms from the
few more, next time. adequate lesson that applied
understanding of the to the question
material. asked. All terms
are fully
Needs Approaching
Good Excellent 4
improvement standards
3 pts pts
1 pts 2 pts
 defined and used
in the proper
context.
Sentence Sentences are Some sentences are Sentences are complete Sentences are
Fluency incomplete or complete and and able to be complete and they
too long. It easy to understood. connect to one
makes reading understand. another easily
them difficult. Others require when they are
some work. read out loud.
Your writing
'flows.'

Activity 2:
To begin, you should hold one balloon and keep the balloon in the air. You must add one balloon from
time to time and keep the balloon in the air as long as possible. You can ask for someone to assist and
help you to keep the balloons in the air. The game will end once all the balloons that you are holding
touches the ground.

Processing the Experiences:

1. Was it easy to keep one balloon from touching the ground?
2. How did you feel when the second balloon was added?
3. How were you able to keep both balloons up?
4. Did you ever need someone else’s help to keep your balloons from touching the ground?
5. Did you ever help someone else to keep his or her balloon from touching the ground?
6. At what point did you realize you were dependent on the other group members to succeed at
keeping all of the balloons in the air
7. Did you feel a responsibility toward the other group members to keep all of the balloons in the
air?
8. Why did you feel this way?
9. How does this relate to your own life?
10. In life, is it easier to juggle life’s challenges alone or with the help of others?

Note: Use the rubrics in activity 1

Activity 3.
Generate a list of civil society activities that you have been involved in or would like to participate in.
Choose which civil society activity you believe would be the most beneficial to your community.

Once your choice is made, you research how you might participate in the said activity in your own
community. For instance, if you decide that your community would benefit from a soup kitchen, you
have to research volunteer opportunities in your town/city.

Processing the Experiences:

• Was it easy to list own right and responsibility for your citizens? Why?
• How did you come up with this list of rights and responsibilities?
• What are the civil society you come up with?
• Why you choose those create those civil society?
• How did you come up with activities for this civil society?
• At what point did you realize that this civil society is important to your life? If
not why?
• Did you feel a responsibility toward the civil community you want to
participate?
• Why did you feel this way?
• How does this activity relate to your own life?

Rubrics

Needs Approaching
Good Excellent 4
improvement standards
3 pts pts
1 pts 2 pts
Ideas and There is no clear You put thought into What you are writing What you are
Content or specific this, but there is no about is clear. You writing about is
explanation in real evidence of answered the question. clear and
answer to the learning. More Some support may be wellexpressed,
question. specific information lacking, or your including specific
is needed or you sentences may be a bit examples to
need to follow the awkward. Overall, a demonstrate what
directions more decent job. you learned. Well
closely. done!
Use of No terms from Only one term from Your answer included Your answer
terms the lesson are the lesson is used in several terms from the included all the
used. the answer. Try for a lesson, demonstrating terms from the
few more, next time. adequate lesson that applied
understanding of the to the question
material. asked. All terms
are fully
Needs Approaching
Good Excellent 4
improvement standards
3 pts pts
1 pts 2 pts
defined and used
 in the proper
context.
Sentence Sentences are Some sentences are Sentences are complete Sentences are
Fluency incomplete or complete and and able to be complete and they
too long. It easy to understood. connect to one
makes reading understand. another easily
them difficult. Others require when they are
some work. read out loud.
Your writing
'flows.'