Definition :

Service is doing something nice or helpful for someone else.

Summary:
Paulie Pastrami is a boy who aspires to achieve world peace. He takes care of animals of all sizes, waters flowers, reads to trees, listens to the river, and makes a gift for his little sister. He starts to listen better in class, shares his lunch, says thank you, helps those in need, shows empathy, settles conflicts. Eventually he inspires his whole school to be more peaceful. But it doesn’t end there. He and his dad “go on a world tour” of their neighborhood bringing cupcakes to everyone. At the end of the day, Paulie is very tired, but satisfied, and peaceful - the world is a better place because of his acts of service! 

Lesson Objectives: 

1. Students gather ideas about how they can work toward world peace with acts of service. They make a list of what they want to do and get to work.

Guiding Questions: 

1. What does Paulie Pastrami want to do more than anything? 
2. What are some things he does at first to accomplish his goal? 
3. How did Paulie make things better with his sister? 
4. What are some things Paulie does at school to improve his behavior? 
5. Why do you think he was able to be respected at his school?
6. What did Paulie and his dad do to contribute to world peace? Do you think everyone appreciated their efforts? 
7. What do you think the world would be like if there was peace everywhere? 
8. What does the word “peace” mean to you? 
9. Do you think saying “please” and “thank you” helps make a more peaceful world? Why or why not? 
10. When you do something nice for someone else, do you think it helps make the world more peaceful?