This resource offers the basics to help you set up and maintain a successful service-learning program in your school. The book answers questions that teachers and administrators might have about the nuts and bolts of the program and includes an array of ideas for school-wide discussions and activities that focus on the importance of serving the community. The DVD follows students as they attend a series of diverse sites in New York City, including a pre-K classroom, a museum, a kitchen in a homeless shelter, and an activist group that recycles bicycles for shipment to Third World countries.
Book features:
* Strategies to help you match student interests and talents.
* Sample midterm and final evaluation forms.
* Lists of sample sites appropriate for teenagers.
* Suggestions for discussion groups about community service.
