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Sample exercises for our month-long distance learning course A Better World, A Meaningful Life.
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A practicum outlining ideas, strategies and resources for developing a humane education center for community festivals and other events.
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Many people are interested in living a more compassionate life but don’t have the money to buy expensive, hard-to-find products. This ILP focuses on the creation of a booklet called “Eat Green, Save Green!: A Guide to Living Vegetarian on a Budget.” This booklet addresses some of the concerns surrounding food availability and food cost by offering strategies for accessing food, suggestions for where to find vegetarian food items, price comparisons, sample menus, money saving tips, time saving tips, recipes, vegetarian alternatives, a sample grocery list, and tear out forms to help make requesting food from your local food store easier.
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It’s essential for humane educators to be prepared to answer any number and type of questions from students, parents, administrators, teachers and others regarding humane education issues. This ILP offers possible responses to a variety of questions and comments in order to stimulate critical thinking and allow the questioner to make his/her own choices. This version includes the complete ILP, including background research and references.
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It’s essential for humane educators to be prepared to answer any number and type of questions from students, parents, administrators, teachers and others regarding humane education issues. This ILP offers possible responses to a variety of questions and comments in order to stimulate critical thinking and allow the questioner to make his/her own choices. This version of the ILP includes the complete FAQ.
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How will students feel spending a moment in the shoes of a battery hen or a child slave? Use this lively and thought- provoking activity to introduce human and animal issues and the connections between them.
Recommended for grades 6 and up.
Time: 45 minutes to several days
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This ILP is a preliminary exploration of the motivations and opportunities available for high school student activists attending English-speaking international schools overseas. The results of this project can be used as a preliminary case study of student activism in the international school setting and will be useful for future explorations in other international schools. In addition, this work provides some insight into the successful implementation of co-curricular clubs addressing humane issues.
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Participants receive a visit from a traveling alien on a fact-finding mission to learn how beings treat other beings. The alien inspires students to consider the inconsistencies in how our society encourages us to treat others.
Recommended for grades 5 through 8.
Time: 20-45 minutes
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Use real examples and cool facts to inspire wonder about the different types of nature around us and all over the world.
Recommended for grades 1 through 6.
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Students learn to be ad-savvy by exploring the pervasiveness of ads in their lives and by analyzing what ads are trying to sell…and trying to hide.
Recommended for grades 5 and up.
Time: 45-60 minutes
March 16, 2010 - 2:00 pm | Location: University of Maine - Orono (100 Neville Hall)
Please join us for an inspiring talk with Zoe Weil at the University of Maine in Orono. Co-sponsored by the Peace Studies and Sociology departments. Learn about the ways in which your everyday choices, your work, your activism, and your volunteerism can do the most g...
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