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Douglas, Jason A.; Katz, Cindi – Afterschool Matters, 2009
Pairing dynamic out-of-school-time (OST) programs with zoos can encourage young people's relationships with and sense of responsibility for animals and the environment. The project presented in this article, Animal Rescuers, gave the authors the opportunity to examine how such a pairing can work. OST programs enable learning in settings that are…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Animals, Conservation (Environment), Consciousness Raising
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Bolgatz, Jane – Social Studies, 2005
"American history," writer James Baldwin told a group of teachers in 1963, "is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it" (1963/1996, 227). Children, Baldwin argued, have "the right and necessity to examine everything." In particular, they need to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Race, Social Studies, Elementary School Students