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A Kids' Guide to Protecting & Caring for Animals EDUCATION/SERVICE LEARNING/ACTIVITY BOOK: GRADES 6 & UP Service Learning for Kids GRADES 6 & UP Animal Welfare Do you care Protecting & about animals? ProtectingProtecting && Want to help? Caring for Animals Here are the facts, tools, CaringCaring forfor AnimalsAnimals With this hands-on workbook, you can: and inspiration you need • Learn about the welfare of animals around the world to get out there and make a difference in • Discover how kids everywhere are helping the world. • Find out what animals in your own community need • Plan and do meaningful service projects Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., in • Reflect on what you’ve learned and accomplished collaboration with The American • Show and share your learning with others Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Teachers, Parents, and Group Leaders: Use this workbook in a classroom or youth-serving organization, an after-school program, or as a family. It can be used on its own or as a companion to The Complete Guide to Service Learning. Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., is a former classroom teacher, a nationally recognized expert on service learning, and an International Service Learning Consultant. She works with state departments of education, university faculty and Cruelty prevention students, school districts, and classroom teachers on issues including service learning, civic responsibility, and respectful school communities. Emergency readiness The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in 1866 as the first humane organization in the western hemisphere. The ASPCA was formed to alleviate the injustices animals faced then, and it continues to Wildlife rehabilitation battle cruelty today. Other Service Learning Products from Free Spirit: A Kids’ Guide Animal advocacy to Helping Others Choose Read & Succeed to Make a The Complete Student Workbook Habitat preservation Difference Guide to Service Grades 6 & Up; $6.95 Laminated Learning 978-1-57542-241-1 Poster Teacher and Shelter volunteering 18" x 24" Youth Leader Guide A Kids’ Guide $9.95 Grades K–12 to Hunger & $32.99 Homelessness Puppy biscuit recipe . 978-1-57542-133-9 Student Workbook Grades 6 & Up; $6.95 978-1-57542-240-4 and more ISBN-13: 978-1-57542-303-6 ISBN-10: 1-57542-303-0 $6.95 5 0 6 9 5 > 9 781575 423036 ’ Protecting & Caring for Animals Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., in collaboration with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Copyright © 2008 by Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Convention. Unless otherwise noted, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations or critical reviews. For more information, go to www .freespirit.com/company/permissions.cfm. Free Spirit, Free Spirit Publishing, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Free Spirit Publishing Inc. A complete listing of our logos and trademarks is available at www.freespirit.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kaye, Cathryn Berger. A kids’ guide to protecting & caring for animals : how to take action! / Cathryn Berger Kaye in collaboration with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). p. cm. ISBN 978-1-57542-303-6 1. Animal welfare. 2. Social action. 3. Service learning. 4. Young volunteers in social service. I. Title. HV4708.K39 2008 179'.3–dc22 2008026037 At the time of this book’s publication, all facts and figures cited are the most current available. All telephone numbers, addresses, and Web site URLs are accurate and active; all publications, organizations, Web sites, and other resources exist as described in this book; and all have been verified as of July 2008. The author and Free Spirit Publishing make no warranty or guarantee concerning the information and materials given out by organizations or content found at Web sites, and we are not responsible for any changes that occur after this book’s publication. If you find an error or believe that a resource listed here is not as described, please contact Free Spirit Publishing. Parents, teachers, and other adults: We strongly encourage you to monitor children’s use of the Internet. Service learning occurs in each of the fifty United States and internationally. Some project descriptions are attributed to specific schools or youth groups and identified by city, state, or region. All efforts have been made to ensure correct attribution. The names of the young people quoted throughout the book have been changed to protect their privacy. The excerpt on pages 27–28 is from straydog by Kathe Koja (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002). Reprinted with the permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Copyright © 2002 by Kathe Koja. The “Do Something” logo on page 8 is reprinted with the permission of the Do Something Web site (www.dosomething.org). The “Teens for Planet Earth” logo on page 14 is reprinted with the permission of the Teens for Planet Earth Web site (http:// teens4planetearth.com) developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo in Bronx, New York. The “Roots & Shoots” logo on page 21 is reprinted with the permission of Roots & Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute. Reading Level Grades 4–5; Interest Level Ages 10 & Up; Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level W Edited by Meg Bratsch Interior design by T. Kenyon and Jayne Curtis Cover design by Marieka Heinlen and T. Kenyon Free Spirit Publishing Inc. Minneapolis, MN (612) 338-2068 [email protected] www.freespirit.com Acknowledgments As always, the “village” concept comes into play with any service learning publication. To the many service learning colleagues who share stories and examples—thank you! To the youth who demonstrate dedication and passion—your ideas and vision inspire us all. To the ASPCA for their commitment to and guidance in creating humane societies, and to all at Free Spirit Publishing who contribute in myriad ways to the service learning field—hooray! And to my family who provide unconditional support and love—my heart is most grateful. What’s Inside What Kids Think of Protecting & Caring for Animals.........................................................1 What Do You Know?.............................................................................................................2 Service + Learning = Service Learning.................................................................................4 Stage 1: Preparation Why.Animals?.Why.Now?...................................................................................................................7 In.Need.of.Shelter................................................................................................................................9 Animals.in.the.Wild.….and.Wild.Animals.Among.Us....................................................................12 Meet.Kids.in.Action:.Part.1...............................................................................................................15 How.Animals.Help.Us.Every.Day......................................................................................................16 Meet.Kids.in.Action:.Part.2...............................................................................................................18 Looking.Back:.Historical.Moments.&.Actions..................................................................................19 Making.History.Today........................................................................................................................22 Caring.for.Animals.in.Disasters.........................................................................................................24 Learning.from.Reading:.straydog........................................................................................................25 Stage 2: Action A.Call.to.Action................................................................................................................................29 Getting.Started:.What.Does.Your.Community.Need?.......................................................................30 Our.Community.Needs......................................................................................................................32 Taking.Action....................................................................................................................................33 Service.Learning.Proposal.................................................................................................................34 Project.Promotion:.Finding.Resources.&.Telling.Your.Story.............................................................35 Make.Your.Action.Memorable...........................................................................................................36 Stage 3: Reflection Pause,.Look.Back,.&.Reflect..............................................................................................................37 Stage 4: Demonstration Once.You.Know.It,.Show.It!..............................................................................................................39 What.You’ve.Learned.&.Accomplished.............................................................................................40 What’s Next?.......................................................................................................................41 FYI (For
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