Hi,
Many of the readings in the SERVICE-LEARNING READER, would be appropriate
for high school students as well, more or less of the articles depending
on the readiness of the students. The selections include everything
from parables and cartoon essays to the more deeply philosophical writing
of Dewey and Freire. On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, pdesch wrote:
> To: Service Learning Network
> From: D. Deschenes
> Vocational Teacher
> Centennial High School
> Ft. Collins, CO
>
> I am also interested in the capstone experience concept but for high
> school students. Centennial is an alternative high school and we
> have long been involved in service learning programs. One of the ways
> we integrate service into our regular classes is through a program
> called Road Scholars. Students will spend 6 wks with a team of teachers
> studying a different culture, history, geography and science of a
> area. As a culmination of this study, they will then go to that region
> for 10-14 days and become immersed in that culture. While there the
> students work with the natives of that region on a service project
> that has been arranged and coordinated ahead of time. Some of the trips
> include: the Navajo Reservation, Sanostee, AZ, Moab, Utah,
> Wanuskawan,Canada, Saskatoon.
>