Slide 1Green HighwaysPurposeEnduring UnderstandingsForm and FunctionPlanting the GardenUnit 1: PreparationUnit 2: StewardshipUnit 3: HarvestUnit 4: Sharing the BountyService Learning and Student ExhibitionSlide 12Content Specific Example:Art ExhibitionEnglish ExhibitionLife Skills ExhibitionSocial Studies ExhibitionSlide 18ConclusionThank you for your kindness towards us and graciously allowing us into your classrooms.Green HighwaysCultivating Fruitful CitizensMolly “Irene” DoddPete FarnessSilas PencilleDarice TerryPurpose •Exploration of tension in life–Explicitly, the tension between consumerism and stewardship–Fast pace verse slow pace –Related to water and food•Additionally:–Demonstrate activism breeds optimism rather than cynicism •Slower, less harried can be better–Promotes healthy relationships–Engenders lively discourse–Embodiment of democratic idealsEnduring Understandings•New technology presents new possibilities and problems.•Media has different points of view.•Awareness is the first step of activism.•People have always had an impulse to record their experience with nature, whether through artistic expression or scientific inquiry.Form and Function•Four Broad Units1. Preparation – 3 Weeks2. Stewardship – 7 Weeks3. Harvest – 4 Weeks 4. Sharing the Bounty – 2 Weeks •Units centered on responsible life choices using the metaphors learned in the garden–Water–Food–Community Involvement16 week coursePlanting the Garden•During the Preparation unit•Gardening practices –Model the course themes–Provides metaphorical scaffold for students–Supplies for implementation for some newly acquired knowledge –Develops sense of community in the classroomUnit 1: Preparation•Art–Ecological art •English–Information literacy•Life Skills–Preparing the garden•Social Studies–Critical thinking - waterUnit 2: Stewardship•Art–Altered Books•English–Land Ethic and Cadillac Desert•Life Skills–Nutrition and Sensitive Gardening •Social Studies–Conservation and Cadillac Desert•Choose Exhibition Content Area Focus!Unit 3: Harvest•Art–Installation•English–Coming Home to Eat and Nature Writing•Life Skills–Food Preservation and Harvest•Social Studies–Field Trip and World Water Issues•Students finalize exhibition form!Unit 4: Sharing the Bounty•Art–Exhibition work•Life Skills–Packing and Marketing•English–Exhibition work•Social Studies–Exhibition workService Learning and Student Exhibition•Combined effort–Students, Teachers, Community•Students–Exhibit work to community•Teachers–Facilitate student work and community outreach•Community –Supporting student efforts and raising awarenessService Learning and Student Exhibition•Students decided on their content focused •Presented during the service learning community awareness fair•Theme will highlight the tension of consumer life and stewardship of the Earth•Focus on raising community awareness •Develop closer ties to communityContent Specific Example:Possible exhibitions for the community awareness fairArt ExhibitionEnglish ExhibitionLife Skills ExhibitionSocial Studies Exhibition•Our Vision:•Modeled on a farmers market•Garden at the center•Booths set up to engage community•Student presentations raise awarenessConclusion•Lessons will focus on alternative choices•Critical examination of costs and benefits•Many alternatives presented require a shift in priorities–Speed is not a measure of success–Quality of life is attained not givenThank you for your kindness towards us and graciously allowing us into your
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