StarServe is a national, non-profit organization that provides materials, resources, and ongoing assistance free to teachers and administrators to make community service part of a class or school-wide activity. StarServe utilizes celebrities to bring the message to students: "You can be a star through service to others." This StarServe…

This paper examines the definition and practice of intergenerational learning programs, and attempts to determine the characteristics of successful and meaningful programs of this type. The first section defines intergenerational learning and states its purpose: to bring young and old together for the purpose of learning from one another, under…

This publication describes over 100 activity-oriented programs in which students learn through a combination of direct experience and associated instruction or reflection. Students are involved in cross-age tutoring, community services, on-the-job work experiences, foreign or domestic travel with an organized group, political campaigns, field…

The program's goal is to provide high school students an opportunity to become an active force in the advancement of the human condition and to develop positive attitudes to improve their effectiveness in dealing with their environment. The student handbook consists of eight chapters, including an introduction to the program in chapter I. Chapter…

Instructions are provided to help teachers implement a human ecology program. Objectives are to help high school students become an active force in the advancement of the human condition and develop positive attitudes to improve their effectiveness in dealing with their environment. The text of the student handbook is duplicated in the guide. In…