Teaching K-12 Service-Learning: Selected Resources
| Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, February 2006. Our bibliographies strive to provide the most useful resources on a topic, with links to online full text items and downloadable PDFs when those are available. Library items may be borrowed from the Clearinghouse by Learn and ServeAmerica grantees and subgrantees. This bibliography highlights assessment guides, theoretical perspectives, programs and practices, and research on sustainability and institutionalization of service-learning in higher education. For additional resources on these and other service-learning topics, visit the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse at www.servicelearning.org. |
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| Bartsch, Julie. Community Lessons: Promising Curriculum Practices. Malden, ME: Massachusetts Department of Education, 2001. <http://www.doe.mass.edu/csl/comlesson.pdf> Compact for Learning and Citizenship. Service-Learning and Standards Toolkit. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States, 2001. Dewsbury-White, Kathryn. Service Learning Seeds. Getting Started: Growing a Service Learning Curriculum. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan K-12 Service-Learning Center, 1998. Follman, Joseph, James Watkins, and Dianne Wilkes. Learning by Serving: Two Thousand Ideas for Service Learning Projects. Tallahassee, FL: Southeastern Regional Vision for Education, 1994. Gomez, Barbara, and Carol Kinsley. Service Learning Professional Inquiry Kit. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1999. Kaye, Cathryn Berger. The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, and Social Action. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 2004. Maryland Student Service Alliance . Maryland's Best Practices: An Improvement Guide for School-Based Service-Learning. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Department of Education, 1994. Maryland State Service Alliance. Spinning Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Webs: A Secondary Education Approach. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Department of Education, 1995. Master Teacher. Lesson Plans for Service Learning. Manhattan, KS:Author, 1999. Need In Deed. My Voice: A Step-by-Step Manual for Teachers. Philadelphia, PA: Author, 2001. Price, Verna Cornelia. Service-Learning Integration Guidebook Curriculum. USA Network, 2005. Pritchard, Florence Fay, and George I. Whitehead. Serve and Learn: Implementing and Evaluating Service-Learning in Middle and High Schools. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004. RMC Research. Connecting Thinking and Action: Ideas for Service-Learning Reflection. Denver, CO: Author, 2004. Shoemaker, Anne. Teaching Young Children Through Service. St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council, 1999. Shumer, Robert. Shumer's Self-Assessement for Service-Learning. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota, 2000. <http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/3/shumasses.pdf> Stephens, Lillian S. The Complete Guide to Learning through Community Service: Grades K-9. Des Moines, IA: Allyn and Bacon, 1995. Thomsen, Kate. Service Learning in Grades K-8: Experiential Learning That Builds Character and Motivation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Publications, 2006. Vermont Community Works. Connecting Service-Learning to the Curriculum: A Workbook for Teachers and Administrators. Brattleboro, VT: Author, 2001. Wade, Rahima, ed. Community Service-Learning: A Guide to Including Service in the Public School Curriculum. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. Wisconsin Department of Public Education. Learning From Experience: A Collection of Service-Learning Projects Linking Academic Standards to Curriculum. Madison, WI: Author, 2000. YMCA . The YMCA Service-Learning Guide: A Tool for Enriching the Member, the Participant, the YMCA, and the Community. Chicago, IL: Author, 2004. |
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| Earth Force Toolbox: <http://www.earthforce.org/section/resources/activites/toolbox/> <http://www.earthforce.org/section/programs/caps> Environmental education teaching tools including classroom activities. Giraffe Heroes Program <http://www.giraffe.org/ed.html> service-learning curriculum materials (to purchase) and suggestions for classroom projects K-12 Lesson Plans, Syllabi, and Curricula from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse <http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/ links_collection/index.php?link_set_id=1&category_id=146> A variety of links to lesson plans organized by subject. Linking Service Learning and Florida State Standards - Four Approaches <http://www.fsu.edu/~flserve/sl/standards.html> From Florida Learn & Serve, this includes project profiles, a list of standards and relevant service-learning activities. Resources, Tools, and lesson plans from the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation <http://www.chavezfoundation.org/_page.php?code=004007000000000&page_ttl=Service+Learning+Tools&kind=1> Service-learning project ideas, grades 4-12. Teaching links from the National Service-Learning Partnership <http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tr_teaching> Resources for teachers including curricula, and information on reflection and assessment. |
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National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Teaching K-12 Service-Learning: Selected Resources. Scotts Valley, CA: Author, 2006.


