People & Animals: a Humane Education Curriculum Guide. Levels A-D
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 317 382 SE 051 285 AUTHOR Savesky, Kathleen, Ed.; Malcarne, Vanessa, Ed. TITLE People & Animals: A Humane Education Curriculum Guide. Levels A-D. INSTITUTION National Association for the Advancement of Human Education, East Haddam, CT. SPONS AGENCY Geraldine R. Dodge Foundaton, Morristown, N.J.; Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC. REPORT NO ISBN-0-941246-05-1 PUB DATE 81 NOTE 262p. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Use - Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Animals; Curriculum Guides; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; *Elementary School. Curriculum; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Science; *Integrated Activities; *Integrated Curriculum; Preschool Children IDENTIFIERS *Humane Education ABSTRACT This curriculum guide provides the framework for integrating humane education into the traditional elementary school curriculum. The activities in this guide are designed to help students think critically and clarify their own feelings about various issues, as well as to provide them with factual information and understandings about animals. Thirty-five concepts have been identified under four major chapters: (1) Human/Animal Relationships; (2) Pet Animals; (3) Wild Animals; and (4) Farm Animals. Chapters contain concepts and activities for each of the four curriculum areas: Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Health/Science. The curriculum guide consists of four books encompassing the following levels: Preschool to Kindergarten, grades 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6. The same subtitles are used in each of the four levels. Appendices have lists of humane education resource organizations and addresses of resource publishers. 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A HUMANE EDUCATION CURRICULUM GUIDE developed by The National Association for the Advancement of Humane Education A Division of The linmane Society of the United States Edited by Kathleen Saveskv and Vanessa Ma learnt. Editorial Committee: Cynthia Clegg John J. Dommers Charles F. Herrmann, III Hence Spain McIntyre levelo project development team Special Curriculum Consultant Ivan Golakoff Barbara Smith Assistant Director and Animal Control Academy David Alexander Director of Educanon The Humane Society of theiiited States Director, Eliot-Pearson Ceiriculum Animal Care and Education Center Tuscaloosa, Alabama Resource Laboratory Rancho Santa Fe, California Department of Chili Study Tufts University Charles F. Herrmann, Ill Kim Sturla Medford, Massachusetts Editor, Kind Magazine Education Coordinator The Humane Society of the United States Peninsula Humane Society San Mateo, California Project Development Team Washington, D.C. Nancy Iliekman Gregory Topolie, I). V.M. Jacque Briley Director of Education Special Consultant Special Education Teacher Texas Federation of llumane Societies Durham Board of Education Robinson High School Lubbock, Texas Oshawa, Ontario Little Rock, Arkansas Canada Frances Spivy 'Apse( mil} Dr. Carol Browning Executive Assistant Director Animal Velfare Institute Marilyn Traylor Institute for Humanistic Studies Washington, 1).C. Program Manager Ogden, Utah Basic Educational Skills Research Project Kay Long AR VAC, Inc. Hot Springs. Arkansas Cynthia Clegg Regional Representative 1st Grade Teacher Indiana Humane Ediseators Asst aim ion Kathleen Goodwin School Cohmbus Indiana Jeanne Walsh Old Saybrook, Connectient Director of Public litho-mat ion and E. Robert Macklin Education Anita Coburn Teacher Cot mlinatfir San Francisco SA:A Director of Education Park - School Nature Education Program San Frantst3 r, California The Humane Society of the United States West Rock Nature Center Washington, D.C. New Haven, Connecticut Barbara Westerfield Joan Smithey Dawson I in wane Education Director 4th Grade Teacher Vanessa Malcurne Central California SPCA Leeds Elementary School Stanford University Intern Fresno, California Board Member National ASSOCiatiOn for the Ads antement Ruffner Mountain Nature Center of Humane Education East I Iaddain, Conneet 1)r. GAN*, Willingham Birmingham Humane Society Pridessor Birmingham, Alabama Elementary Education Renise Spain McIntyre Stephen F. Austin State University Katherine I)eGroff 5th Grade Teacher Board Member Education and Development Manager Academy Elementary Scluail Texas Humane Information Network Indianapolis Humane Society !Madison, Coma-client Naeogdoches County I finnan(' Society Indianapolis, Indiana Rapid Advancement Program Alternative Mary McLendon-Simpson Maio; John J. Dormers Curriculum Consultant Nacogdoches. 1 exas Coordinator of Multi-Media Materials Edmonds, %Vashingion Develop n len t The Humane Society of the United States Kathleen Sawsky East Haddam, Connecticut Dire etor National Assatiori for the Advancement Manuscripts prepared by: Rose Easter of humane Educatii Barbara J. Dolc Regional Representative East liaddam, Connecticut Lisa Zurlo Indiana Humane Eritieutors /Ism iatiti Fort Wayne, India! at Rudolph j. II. Schafer Resource coordination by: Energy-Environmental Educatnm Amanda E. Hardy Judi Friedman Program Director Children's Author, Environmentalist California State Department of Education Content indexing hi': Canton, Connecticut Sacramento. California Jean Stewart preface In 1933, the National P.T.A. Congress issued the following statement in support of humane education: "Children trained to extend justice, kindness, and mercy to animals become more just, kind, and considerate in their relations with each other. Character training along these lines will result in men and women of broader sl mpathies, more humane, more law-abiding in o'ery respect more valuable citizens. "Humane education is teaching in the schools and colleges of the nations the principles of justice, goodwill, and humanity toward all life. The cultivation of the spirit of kindness to animals is but the starting point towards that larger humanity which includes one's fellow of every race and clime. A generation of people trained in these principles will solve their difficulties as neighbors and not as enemies." The message of this statement speaks even more directly to the 1980's than to the decade in which it was written. Children today face the dilemma of growing, up in a world that is politically and environmentally unstable-a world in which both individual and national decision-making become increasingly important to the survival of both humans and other animals. humane education, incorporated into the curriculum of our nation's schools, can help children develop the sensitivity and understanding they will need to make sound personal and political decisions based on concern for all living creztures. People and Animals: A litamane Educatiun Curriculum Guide has been developed to provide the framework for integrating humane education into the traditional elementary schnal curriculum. In addition, it will serve as the basis for the development of teacher training courses, expanded classroom programming, and supplemental humane education teaching materials. Publication of the guide represents fulfillment of a major objective of the National Association for the Advancement of "Juniata! Education, The 1 iiimane Society of the United States, and the educators who contributed their time and talents to the project. More importantly, it reprments a key factor in making humane education an integral part of the elementary school experience. Adaptation and implementation of the guide by school systems throughout the country will be an important step toward realizing the goals of humane education and making the world a better place for people and animals. introduction What Is Humane Education? Humane education involves far more than the teaching of is explained in greater detail on the title page of that segment. simple animal-related content. It is a process through which we: Each page within the chapters contain:: a concept and activities (1) assist children in developing compassion, a sense of justice, that blend the concept with skills or content from each of the and a respect for