TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS
Bring Real-World Change-Making Into Your Classroom
DoSomething® offers educators free, ready-to-use programs that turn civic engagement, service learning, and social action into meaningful classroom experiences for their students, with no additional curriculum planning required. From climate action to civic literacy to community service, our programs let students earn volunteer credit hours, build leadership skills, and even qualify for scholarship opportunities, all while tackling the issues and causes they care about.
Educators nationwide have adapted DoSomething programs into service-learning and civics projects, and club activities, helping their students use them to satisfy volunteer hour requirements, and giving them hands-on experience making change in their communities.
Getting started is simple: join our educator mailing list for updates on youth-centered programming, use our "Road to 10 Credit Hours" tool to help students track service time, and explore curriculum-aligned, approved civic programming you can drop straight into your lesson plans.
WHAT WE PROVIDE
- Action-based programs adaptable for classrooms, clubs, and out-of-school settings.
- An educator mailing list with updates on youth-friendly activations.
- A “Road to 10 Credit Hours” to help students earn and track service time.
- Curriculum-aligned resources, including approved civic programming.
EDUCATOR UPDATES
Join our dedicated Educators Mailing List to receive timely updates on student-friendly activations, service opportunities, and civic engagement programs relevant to the young people you support.
Think of it as your backstage pass to the newest, most energizing youth-led campaigns—delivered right to your inbox so you can spark excitement with your students.
ROAD TO 10 CREDIT HOURS
Statistics show youth are volunteering in striking numbers. Many are involved in projects at school through service learning projects and programs.
DoSomething supports the education community with our Your Road to 10 Credit Hours program. Young people can fulfill their service goals by exploring the rubric of activities charted by interest area and hours. Whether it’s a combination of several small actions or a larger commitment, DoSomething supports students to positively impact their community.
If you’re interested in helping young people learn about civic responsibility, gain civic knowledge and get a leg up on graduation requirements, this road is for you!
IN THE CLASSROOM
See how educators are bringing DoSomething's programs to life, from service-learning projects to civics coursework, and how you can do the same in yours.
Benedict College | HBCU
Benedict College educators in Columbia, SC turned DoSomething programming into hands-on action, with students contributing 260+ hours of volunteer service in their communities.
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Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University students in Texas, guided by their educators, showed up for their community with 80 hours of volunteer service.
San Diego Community College
San Diego City College English professor Christy Ball guided her students to give back through a community gift exchange and campus-wide mental health photo essay projects, contributing ~300 hours of volunteer service.
APPROVED CIVIC PROGRAMMING
In several states, students may obtain a seal of civic readiness. David Edelman, a high school teacher and Civics Club advisor at Union Square Academy for Health Sciences in New York, iterated upon DoSomething’s Storybooths programming to create a service-learning curriculum that students can complete to earn 1.5 points toward their New York State Seal of Civic Readiness. This curriculum was accredited by the Civics for All team at the New York City Department of Education and may be obtained here.
While it is specifically designed for New York State students, it has wide applicability. Check it out!
SHOW UP FOR WHAT!?
The next generation of voters are showing up to participate in our civic storytelling and voter mobilization events. Civically curious young people learn how to discover their voice, deepen their knowledge about the electoral system, and how they can make change on issues they care about.
Show Up For What!? Voter Engagement
DoSomething hosted a Show Up For What!? youth voter engagement event in the Bronx, where young changemakers gather to discuss civic participation, voter registration, and the impact of youth voices in democracy.
Election Night Recap
With the shared interest of participating in our democracy, DoSomething invited members to our NYC headquarters to unite and celebrate the power of our voices!
A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy | PBS
Featuring interviews with DoSomething members about becoming engaged citizens, and DoSomething leaders about their work in strengthening democracy.
