Service-Learning Resources

Posted by on December 13, 2002

Greetings from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse! We’ve added some great new materials and resources for you.

1. New links to organizations and full text sources
2. Enhanced syllabi and curricula
3. Civic education resources

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1. See the new links to organizations and full text sources at: http://www.servicelearning.org/resources_tools/links/index.html.

Brand new link categories include: 1) Statistics of service learning prevalence and effectiveness; 2) Impacts and Outcomes of Service Learning; 3) Getting Started; 4) Disabilities and Special Education; 5) Intergenerational and the elderly.

2. Check out our recently enhanced Syllabi and Curricula area at: http://www.servicelearning.org/resources_tools/syllabi/index.html

3. See these links to two recent initiatives dealing with civic education:
Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service (Nat’l Archive, 2002) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ and We The People: NEH initiative to encourage the teaching, studying, and understanding of American history and culture. http://www.wethepeople.gov/

P.S. Coming soon to the NSLC website, a new fact sheet on the impacts of K-12 service-learning.

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Spenser Thompson
Interim Librarian
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Toll-free 866-245-7378, ext. 198
http://www.servicelearning.org
“America’s Source for Service-Learning”