Fact Sheet: K-12 Service-Learning and Homeland Security

Posted by on November 3, 2006

A new fact sheet has been added to Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse website that you may be interested in:

K-12 Service-Learning and Homeland Security
http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/homeland_security/

This new fact sheet is from RMC Research Corporation, NSLC’s senior program advisor for K-12 service-learning.

In recent years, K-12 schools have developed an array of service-learning projects related to homeland security. Service-learning projects have included a focus on disaster preparedness, emergency response, community safety and security, and conflict resolution. Project activities include community outreach to increase awareness of risks and appropriate responses, understanding of community resources, preparation of disaster kits for the home and schools, and education regarding appropriate means to handle conflicts.

This new fact sheet addresses K-12 service-learning activities that are focused on homeland security. Background information is presented first, followed by a sample of project descriptions intended to provide a sense of the nature and extent of homeland security-related programs that are currently in place. The next section presents brief descriptions of curricula and related resources and organizations that support homeland security activities. The fact sheet concludes with an annotated bibliography of homeland security-related resources.

Other K-12 service-learning fact sheets from the Clearinghouse focus on important topics including:
* Reflection
* Recognition
* Impacts

See all K-12 fact sheets at
http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/
Visit the K-12 Sector Page for the latest news and informaion at http://www.servicelearning.org/k-12home/index.php

NSLC fact sheets are developed to respond to the field’s most frequently asked questions and most pressing challenges.