1. Define the “community”

• What definitions of community

connect with your curriculum?

• What are the assets in the

community you are familiar with?

2. Assess community needs

• How can you collect evidence to

help determine community needs?

• How do you know if it is real or

perceived?

• What community needs connect

deeply with what you’re trying to

teach?

3. Select issue to address

• Who selects the need? How can

you determine what issues matter to

your students?

• What strategies can you use to help

students make a group decision?

• Are any issues off limits?

4. Research and explore alternative solutions

• How does your students’ investigation

parallel good research practice?

• What strategies have you found that

work?

• How can you move students past the

solutions they see around them?