CAN ONE PERSON MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT?

This project is designed to help you become more knowledgeable and better equipped to
complete your required IB Community Service Project. Your assignment is to identify the
influence, strategy and impact of a service in action. You are HIGHLY encouraged to
investigate a community service topic created by a teenager with a topic that is closely related
to your own service project. You will demonstrate your research through creating a product of
your choice using the design cycle. You will accomplish this by looking through the IB Global
Context Identities and Relationships and applying IB Learner Profiles and 21st Century Skills.

Problem

To what extent can one person make a positive impact?

DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
NARRATIVE
1. COMMUNITY LEADER Describe the person that you researched.
2. INFLUENCES - Tell me everything that influenced the person you researched to establish a community
service project. What NEED did the person identify and what COMMUNITY did the person focus on serving.
3. PLAN Describe the work that was put into the service project. What was the plan? Who was involved?
What resources were needed? What actions were taken? How long did it take? How was it executed? What
problems were encountered?
4. LASTING IMPACT Describe the lasting impact that the service project had on society. What were the
outcomes? How did/can/will it CHANGE society? How will it influence others?
BE SPECIFIC AND BE SURE TO USE DETAILS FROM YOUR RESEARCH!
This should be between 500-1000 words.
PICTURES - Must include two pictures.
1. a picture of the person you researched
2. a picture that relates to the community service project that does not include the person you researched (such
as a picture of the service logo or the community being served). It should not be clip-art. The second picture
must include a brief explanation of the picture and its relationship to the service project you researched.
21ST CENTURY SKILL Choose ONE 21st century skill demonstrated by the individual you researched and
write a paragraph to justify how that skill applies to the individual. The description should include a detailed
explanation from your research that supports your answer. You should have at least two specific facts about your
person to support your answer.
IB LEARNER PROFILE Choose ONE IB Learner Profile that BEST characterizes the person that you
researched and write a paragraph to justify your answer. Your description must be supported by your research.

WORKS CITED PAGE - Be sure you cite all of your resources, including where you located your pictures.
This is on a separate page titled Works Cited. Your resources must be cited correctly (punctuation,
capitalization, alphabetical, and numbered). Use the works cited directions on my website and in your
notebook. Do not use Wikipedia!
http://amandastyles.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/

Example format for a website:

1.

"Crater Lake." National Park Service. National Park Service, 1 July 2009. Web. 28
Aug. 2009. <http://www.nps.gov/crla/>.
OR LET A WEBSITE DO IT FOR YOU - http://www.easybib.com/ or bibme.org

DESIGN CYCLE ASSIGNMENTS

All Design Cycle journals will be done on a separate sheet of paper.

STEP

DUE DATE

INQUIRING AND ANALYZING

DEVELOPING IDEAS
CREATING THE SOLUTION
turn in journal AND completed PRODUCT/SOLUTION
EVALUATING

September 18
October 9
November 16
November 30

When creating your project, please take into consideration your conventions.
CONVENTIONS Be sure you use the appropriate conventions, depending on your product
design. The type and size of your text may vary depending on whether you choose to make a
poster, power point, essay, etc Text for essays and WORKS CITED pages must be typed,
double-spaced, and use size 12 Times New Roman font. Papers must be stapled in the top lefthand corner. Do not use a folder or cover. Use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Be
sure you use paragraphs and indent appropriately. Plagiarism is illegal, so write in your own
words.

YOU HAVE CREATIVE FREEDOM!

You can present your information in any format that fits your LEARNING STYLE, desires, and/or
comfort zone. It is also up to you whether you would like to present your product/solution to the class. A
class presentation is not required.
Suggested product ideas: power point, essay, poster, video, monologue, exhibit, model, comic book, diary,
scrapbook, silhouette,

CAN ONE PERSON MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT?

TEACHE
R GRADE

SELFASSESSMENT

TOTAL
POINTS
POSSIBL
E
20
8

NARRATIVE
should be divided into four sections (5 pts per section)
PICTURES one of the person and another one relating
to the service project with a description of how it relates

8
8
4
4

21ST CENTURY SKILL provide two examples of how

your person demonstrates the skill you choose
IB LEARNER PROFILE description of the IB Learner
Profile that BEST characterizes your person
CONVENTIONS grammar, punctuation, spelling, and
in your own words
WORKS CITED correctly formatted and
demonstrating appropriate research
-1 POINT PER DAY LATE
TOTAL POINTS RECEIVED OUT OF 50

ALL DESIGN CRITERIA (A-D) WILL BE ASSESSED AND RECORDED.

INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES CRITERION C

Criterion C
Achievemen
t Level

COMMUNICATING

The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.

12
34
56

78

The student communicates information and ideas in a style that is not always clear
AND organizes information and ideas in a limited way AND lists sources of information
inconsistently.
The student communicates information and ideas in a way that is somewhat clear AND
somewhat organizes information and ideas AND creates an adequate reference list
and sometimes cites sources.
The student communicates information and ideas in a style that is mostly appropriate to
the audience and purpose AND mostly structures information and ideas according to
the task instructions AND creates an adequate reference list and usually cites sources.
The student communicates information and ideas in a style that is completely
appropriate to the audience and purpose AND structures information and ideas
completely according to the task instructions AND creates a complete reference list and
always cites sources.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PARENT: Please sign below when the projected is COMPLETED and attach rubric to the project.
I, _______________________________________, have reviewed the completed project with my child.
(parent/guardian)