 | The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, and Social Action by Cathryn Berger Kaye. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., 2004.
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse is pleased to be able to provide four sections of The Complete Guide to Service-Learning by special agreement with Free Spirit Publishing. The sections provided here can help you create a successful service learning program for your students.Please feel free to download and print these sections for use in your classroom. | |
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| The Essential Elements of Service Learning (21K pdf) | |
| What makes a good service learning experience? This section lays out the key components of a service-learning program to help make your project a success. | ||
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| Establishing Curricular Connections: Points of Entry (26K pdf) | |
| This worksheet explains how to find ways to connect community service to the curriculum with several examples including a canned food drive, discussion with elder partners, a community garden, and tutoring / literacy. Curricular connections are key to transforming community service into true service-learning. | ||
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| Planning for Service Learning Example: Elementary, Hunger and Homelessness (34K pdf) | |
| This sample form is completed with an example of a second grade class doing a service learning project on hunger and homelessness. You can modify this form for your grade level and service area. | ||
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| Across the Curriculum Example: Hunger and Homelessness (22K pdf) | |
| How can you tie service involving hunger and homelessness into different disciplines? Find ways to connect it to Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, and more. | ||
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The Complete Guide to Service Learning presents service learning - its importance, elements, steps, and challenges - within a curricular context. It features chapters on a variety of topics complete with inspiring quotations, background information, activities, real-life examples, and ideas that have worked for other teachers. Copies of the book and its companion CD-ROM are available directly from Free Spirit Publishing, Inc. (www.freespirit.com) or through other online booksellers such as Amazon.com. Learn and Serve America grantees and subgrantees may borrow the book or CD-ROM from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Library. |
