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Shannon Welbourn

Crabtree Publishing Company

www.crabtreebooks.com

Published in Canada

Crabtree Publishing

616 Welland Ave.

St. Catharines, Ontario

L2M 5V6

Published in the United States

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Published in the United Kingdom

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Copyright 2015 CRABTREE PUBLISHING COMPANY . All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

system or be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission

of Crabtree Publishing Company. In Canada: We acknowledge the nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our

publishing activities.

Author

Shannon Welbourn

Publishing plan research and development

Reagan Miller

Editor

Anastasia Suen

Proofreader and indexer

Wendy Scavuzzo

Design

Samara Parent

Photo research

Samara Parent

Production coordinator

and prepress technician

Samara Parent

Print coordinator

Katherine Berti

Photographs

Alamy: Myrleen Pearson (front cover)

Thinkstock: p. 16

The Be One Project: p. 8-9

istockphoto: p. 6

Shutterstock: Anna Baburkina: p. 7 (top right);

Elenarts: p. 5; Krailurk Warasup: p. 7 (middle)

All other images by Shutterstock

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Welbourn, Shannon, author

Be the change in your school / Shannon Welbourn.

(Be the change)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-0626-7 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-0638-0 (pbk.).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-7611-0 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4271-7607-3 (html)

1. Schools--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

LB1556.W45 2014 j371 C2014-903842-9

C2014-903843-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Welbourn, Shannon.

Be the change! : be the change in your school / Shannon Welbourn.

pages cm. -- (Be the change!)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7787-0626-7 (reinforced library binding) -- ISBN 978-0-7787-0638-0 (pbk.)

-- ISBN 978-1-4271-7611-0 (electronic pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-4271-7607-3 (electronic html)

1. Schools--Juvenile literature. 2. School environment--Juvenile literature.

3. Educational change--Juvenile literature. 4. Young volunteers--Juvenile literature.

5. Social action--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

LB1556.W45 2015

371.01--dc23

2014032611

Printed in Canada/102014/EF20140925

Dedicated by Shannon Welbourn

For Dakota, who always inspires change.

Synchred Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-600-1 (e-book)

Contents

Be the change.................................4

Making a change at school..........6

Change in action........................8

Finding a need.........................10

Learning and preparing............12

Make an action plan.............14

Do it!.......................................16

Share it! Celebrate it!..........18

Think about it!...................20

Helping others helps you........22

Learning more.......................23

Words to know and Index.....24

Be the change

Gandhi was a great leader who inspired change around the

world. He believed we must be the change we wish to see

in the world. This is how he lived his life over years ago.

Gandhi was seless . He put others before himself. Gandhi

showed us one persons belief can start positive action .

Gandhi lived in India. His compassion

for change was felt around the world.

Canada

U.S.A.

India

It takes hard work and courage

to be the change. But everyone

has the power to do it. You can

stand up for things you believe

in. You can change things you

feel are not right. You can

take positive action.

MAKING

HAPPEN!

What does it mean to

be the change?

Gandhi left a legacy from

the way he lived his life.

Making a change at school

You can share Gandhis belief. Live his message in your

everyday life. How can you make positive changes? Think

about your school community . Your school community

includes the playground, building, and all your classmates

and teachers.

The neighborhoods around the school

are also part of your community.

You spend a lot of time at your school.

Help to make it the best place it can

be. Think about the things in your

school that matter to you.

MAKING

HAPPEN!

Imagine your dream school

What is it like?

How do people treat each other?

What activities are offered?

How does it feel to be in this school?

Think of ways to make your school

more like your dream school.

Change in action

There are many ways to make

positive changes at your school.

Matthew Kaplan is one person who

made his school a better place.

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