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Curriculum Ideas

This topic offers a variety of resources for teachers and educators when planning a service-learning course or lesson plan, or integrating service-learning into an established curriculum.
September 2004 (Updated July 2008)
  
General Information
  • Learn and Serve America (LSA) Program Directory Program descriptions of Learn and Serve grantee programs. Exploring this database may generate new ideas for integrating your curriculum and service-learning.
  • Career Exploration and Service-Learning (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Effective Practices in Service-Learning (The Resource Center)
NSLC Site Resources
  • Service-Learning as an Integrated Experience in K-5 Education (HTML document)
  • Service-Learning as an Integrated Experience in Middle School Education (HTML document)
  • Linking Service-Learning and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (RMC Research pdf files)
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation Retrospective of K-12 Service-Learning Projects (484K pdf)
Relevant Links
  • NSLC Selected Links to After School, At-Risk, Career Exploration and Service-Learning, Civic/Character Education, Environmental, Rural Service-Learning, Special Education and Disabilities, and more.
  • SLICE is the newest tool from Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse to help make service-learning easier and better. It's an easy-to-search database full of hundreds of high quality service-learning lesson plans, syllabi, and project ideas.
Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow)
General Course Construction and Curriculum Intergration
  • Global Youth Service Day 2008: Curriculum Guide (2008) Full Text PDF
  • Global Youth Service Day 2008: Curriculum Guide (en Español) (2008) Full Text PDF
  • Toward Social Justice: Curriculum Lessons for High School and College Students to Accompany the Film, American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver (2008)
  • Faculty Toolkit for Service-Learning in Higher Education (2007) Full Text PDF
  • Human Rights and Service-Learning: Lesson Plans and Projects (2007) Full Text PDF
  • Service Learning Curriculum Guide 2007 (2007)
  • Service-Learning Course Design for Community Colleges (2007)
  • Academic Success Through Service: Field-tested Service-Learning Strategies for Grades 3-5 (2006)
  • Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum (A), 2nd Edition (2006) Full Text PDF
  • Save the Earth Now: Teaching Environmental Stewardship, Grades K-5 (2006)
  • Service-Learning for Social Change: A Curriculum Development Workbook (2006) Full Text PDF
  • Service-Learning in the Curriculum: A Resource for Higher Education Institutions (2006) Full Text PDF
  • Learning Through Serving (2005)
  • Service-Learning Integration Guidebook Curriculum (2005)
  • The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, and Social Action (2004)
  • Visions of Service (2004)
  • Service-Learning and the First-Year Experience: Preparing Students for Personal Success and Civic Responsibility (2002)
  • Fundamentals of Service-Learning Course Construction (2001)
  • Service Learning Curriculum Integration Guide (1996)
  • The Complete Guide to Learning through Community Service: Grades K-9 (1995)
Curriculum-Specific Resources
  • AAHE's Higher Education and Service-Learning Series: (Includes Case Studies and Syllabi)
    1. Beyond the Tower: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Philosophy (2000)
    2. Connecting Past and Present: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in History (2000)
    3. Creating Community Responsive Physicians: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Medical Education (2000)
    4. From Cloister to Commons: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Religious Studies (2000)
    5. Working for the Common Good: Concepts and Models for Service Learning Management (2000)
    6. Construyendo Puentes (Building Bridges): Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Spanish (1999)
    7. Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Sociology (1999)
    8. Caring and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing (1998)
    9. Learning by Doing: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Accounting (1998)
    10. Learning with the Community: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Teacher Education (1997)
Effective Practices
  • Effective practices in curriculum from the Effective Practices Collection
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Featured Books
 
Human Rights and Service-Learning
Human Rights and Service-Learning: Lesson Plans and Projects (2007) Full Text PDF
 
Service-Learning Adventures Lesson Plan Kit (2005)
 
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