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Community Project for the
IB MYP 3 & 4
Community Project for IB MYP 3 & 4:
Skills for Success
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Laura England and Angela Stancar Johnson
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Community Project for
Sample Pages
3&4: Skills for Success
unity
Thinking about your comm
ACTIVITY: SWOT CHART
■■ ATL skills
skills
to identify
• Collect and analyse data
d decisions
solutions and make informe
■■ Information literacy
skills
y in order to
• Practise observing carefull
recognize problems
ons and
• Draw reasonable conclusi
generalizations
■■ Critical-thinking
Look inside
,
create a SWOT chart template
In your process journal
use the following guiding
like the one below, and
about this community.
questions to think deeply
:
question prompts
Consider the following
are the strengths of this
■■ Strengths – what
community?
in this
what are the weaknesses
■■ Weaknesses –
community?
available
– what opportunities are
■■ Opportunities
ity?
commun
for you to serve this
s will
external or internal obstacle
■■ Threats – what
community?
you face in serving this
considering the needs of
A good place to start when
the use
have chosen is through
the community that you
on the community overall.
of a SWOT chart that focuses
Strengths
Opportunities
Types of service
Service is expre
ssed in multiple
ways and the purpo
others. Now that
se is always to meet
you have chose
the needs of
n a community
within this comm
to serve and have
unity, consider
identified a need
the approach in
choose for your
which you will
community proje
serve. The appro
ct is the type of
ach you
best possible oppo
servic
e
that
rtunity to meet
will provide you
the need in the
with the
community.
Read through the
types of service
below and, in your
of service you plan
process journal,
to engage in and
ident
ify the type
explain why this
meeting the need
type of service
within the comm
is essential to you
unity you have
chosen.
Weaknesses
Threats
Direct service
This is an interac
tion that involve
the environment
s people,
or animals.
■■ Addressing a need
to think about
Now that you have started
our thinking of
the community, let’s narrow
on one need to
this community into deciding
ity.
address within this commun
about the chosen
deeply
think
you
help
To
ity, a good place to
need within this commun
start is using a SOAR chart.
to the SWOT chart;
A SOAR chart is similar
more focused on
however, it becomes much
setting a clear goal.
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material from
Community Project
for IB MYP 3 & 4
ACTIVITY: SOAR CHART
■■ ATL skills
g skills
visual diagrams to
• Use brainstorming and
inquiries
generate new ideas and
■■ Creative-thinkin
skills
ons and
• Draw reasonable conclusi
generalizations
■■ Critical-thinking
■■ Affective skills
• Practise positive thinking
Chapter 3 Inves
tigating
With this devel
oping understan
ding of the comm
address, you shoul
unity and the need
d consider the type
you have chose
of service that
n to
community proje
you will engage
ct.
in throughout the
SWOT: Evaluating
the community
e
Advocacy
Through advoca
cy, you speak
on behalf of a
or concern to
promote action
cause
on an issue of
interest.
public
SOAR: Need within
the community
Research
You collect inform
analyse data and ation through varied source
s,
influence policy report on a topic of import
ance to
or practice.
Remember to consi
der your personal
strengths and inter
service you wish
ests when decid
to engage in.
ing on the type
of
Establish the goa
l
question prompts:
Consider the following
meet the
is already underway to
■■ Strengths – what
What is already working
need you have chosen?
within this community?
well to meet the need
there for
– what opportunities are
■■ Opportunities
working
not
Is anything
you to meet this need?
within this community?
well to meet the need
achieve
what would you like to
■■ Aspirations –
through meeting this need?
to know
results will you look for
■■ Results – what
ul?
successf
been
your service has
Strengths
Aspirations
Indirect servic
You do not see
the community
during indirec
t service; howev you are serving
er, you
your actions will
benefit the comm can verify that
environment.
unity and the
In order for the
community’s aspira
tions to be met
to be evident, consi
and the results
der how you migh
of your service
t place this into
as action
challenging goal.
an achievable,
The community
rewarding and
project is an impo
highly
deep thinking,
rtant project that
collaboration and
requires lots of
self-motivation.
goal is highly chall
You
need to make sure
enging and that
that your
it will extend you
self-managed learn
and help you grow
er.
as a caring and
EXPERT TIP
When choosing
a type of servic
e for your comm
your resources.
unity project, it
Make sure you
is a good idea
have the resou
community to
to consider
rces to meet the
the best of your
identified need
ability.
in this
Weaknesses
Results
create a SOAR chart template
In your process journal,
questions below to consider
and use the prompting
community.
the specific needs of this
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