CAS Week 2014-15How Can We Change The World?

Bibliography

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.black/

benefits_of_participation_in_service

www.operah.com

www.ibo.org

IB DP CAS Handbook

Soul pancake videos

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IB Mission Statement

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through

intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous

assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners

who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

Action

Service

CAS

DIPLOMA PROGRAMME CURRICULUM—CORE REQUIREMENTSCREATIVITY, ACTION, SERVICE (CAS)

The CAS requirement is a fundamental part of the programme and takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies.

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Core requirement

8 Learning Outcomes

CAS Coordinator

Supervisor

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Advisor

Sustainable Projects

Planning & Reflection

18 Months

Action…Service…

CAS…

Why?

WE CARE…

because,

Why do we care?A Research based study

Researcher Diane Hedin indicates that the biggest problem students must overcome in school is a lack of motivation (Hedin 1989). She asserts that boredom is probably a function of what seems to many students an unfathomable gap between the curriculum and their everyday lives...

Community service [learning] provides the critical missing link for many students, an opportunity to apply academic learning to real human needs and to make the knowledge gained usable in one's thinking beyond the situation in which the learning occurred." (Hedin 1989) Service learning,

therefore, provides students with the motivation necessary to put forth effort in academics, it gives them more opportunities to integrate and elaborate on their knowledge, and it increases the likelihood

of transferring theoretical knowledge to actual practice.

IN THIS WORLD WHERE THERE IS…

Poverty

Education

Traffi

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Injustice

WarPoverty

Wat

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tage

Violence

Loneliness

Heartbreaks

Stress

Depression

PoliticsTerrorist Pollution

Financial Crisis Safety

Global Warming

Disease

Child labour

child marriage

Argument

What we want is...

Gratitu

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Kind

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Motivation

Hope

Love

Forgiveness

Inspiration

Loyalty

Honesty

Happin

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Cheerful

EnthusiasmPeace

Respect

Patience

Creati

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Modest

Confidence

Friendship

Passion

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Compass

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Innocen

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1. Say "Good morning" to a person standing next to you in the elevator.2. Pay the toll for the driver behind you.3. Take a minute to direct someone who is lost, even though you're rushing.4. Write a letter to a child who could use some extra attention. Kids love getting mail.5. Offer to pick up groceries for an elderly neighbor, especially in extreme weather. 6. Help a homeless person.7. Say "I love you" to someone you love.9. Help a mother carry her baby, or hold a door open for her. 10. Each time you get a new item of clothing, give away something old.11. Take someone's shift as the car-pool parent.12. Bring someone coffee.13. Out of the blue, send flowers to a friend.14. Say "please" and "thank you"—and really mean it.15. When you're on a crowded train or bus, offer your seat to an elderly, disabled or pregnant person.16. Smile at strangers17. Feed the poor.18. Spend time at an old age home19. Feed street animals20. Help someone stand up on their feet or speak up21. Teach your maid English

Few Ideas….

Plan for CAS Week…

• Parental Note• Short Presentations in the class (by the

homeroom)• Final Exhibition

Teachers, Parents, Students

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