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Adapted from ServiceLearningWebs2.pdf* downloaded from Maryland Service-Learning*
KEY: P = Preparation IA = Indirect Action DA = Direct Action AA = Advocacy Action R = Reflection	Celebration Hold a senior prom. Take pictures. Invite media and community leaders.
English P - Read short stories about seniors. Discuss how seniors are depicted and why. IA - Be penpals to seniors throughout the year. DA - Interview seniors and write a biography of their childhood / younger years. AA - Write advocacy letters to legislators for better housing/ conditions for seniors. R - Predict own life at 80. Write a story or poem.	Mathematics P- Compute amount needed to retire at low, middle, high income levels. IA - Set up seminar for seniors. Answer questions about investments/ financISl planning. DA - Help seniors do taxes/balance cheque book. AA - Lobby legislators on policies concerning SocISl Security/Medicare. R - Project costs for when students are 80, retirement $ needs.
HPE P - Discuss how physical strength/ agility changes with age. IA - Create fitness exercise video and give to senior citizens. DA - Do physical fitness sessions with nursing home residents. AA - Create posters on importance of staying physically fit throughout life. R - Critique action project and make recommendation as to how to improve.	Art P - Hold seniors sensitivity session. Discuss feelings about aging. IA - Put together craft kit projects for local nursing home. Deliver. DA - Draw portraits of residents of nursing home and discuss their childhoods. AA - Do PR posters for senior prom. R - Write journal entry to place under portraits: What I learned about this person.
Science P - Graph changes in sensory perception over life span and discuss impact on health/quality of life. IA - Publish health records brochure and distribute to senior centres. DA - Work with Meals on Wheels. AA - Research diseases of seniors. Write advocacy letters on policy/legislation. R - Discuss how to reduce impact of aging.	Music P - Research popular music of the 20's 30's and 40's. IA - Make recordings of music from preparation activity and deliver to nursing homes. DA - Provide music for senior prom. AA - Create showcase about senior musicISns' contributions to society. R - Take photos at senior prom and put with music into PowerPoint presentation.
Technology P - Survey and discuss technology aids for seniors. IA - Make adaptable equipment. Deliver to senior centres and nursing homes. DA - Hold computer sessions with seniors. AA - Design residence for seniors. Present to legislators along with recommendations and reasoning. R - Project into future. 'What will aids to seniors be like in 50 years?'	SOSE P - Research impact of Grey Power and Senior Nomads on policy and attitudes towards seniors. IA - Develop program for the evening of the senior prom. DA - Escort seniors to polls. Help with voter registration. AA - Lobby to prevent cuts in seniors' programs. R - Discuss future of pension schemes and need for financISl planning.
LOTE P - Research/discuss treatment of seniors in culture of study. IA - Translate for seniors who speak/read limited English. DA - Identify nursing home residents who speak little English. Visit and converse in language of resident. AA - Advocate for more respectful treatment/ policies for seniors. R - Discuss: If we could how should we treat our senior citizens?
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