Spring 2014 ISL Course

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Important Documents

• Course Info and Syllabus
• Farm To Plate Strategic Plan
• Student Engagement Summary
• Service Learning Elements
• Rigor Relevance Framework
• Ten Levels of Curricula Integration
• DEAL Model of Critical Reflection
• National Education for Sustainability K-12 Standards
• Student Participation Worksheet
• Traditional vs Authentic Assessment
• How To You Create Authentic Assessments
• Garden Prep Sheet
• CSS Lesson Plan Template
• CSS Unit Map Template

 

Readings for the Week

Week 2

Fast Food Nation – Intro, by Eric Schlosser

The Omnivore’s Dilemma (Ch. 1), by Michael Pollan

Week 3

• Charting the Path from Engagement to Achievement: Read: Intro; pp 6-11.

•  Ch. 2 The Year of Eating Locally, Deep Economy   Part 1      Part 2

Week 4

• Rigor & Relevance Framework Explained
• The Botany of Desire

-Check out “Desire” Tab

-“Interact” Tab; notably “Map & Timeline”

-“Educate” Tab; notably “Control”

-Pay special attention to Potato content

Week 5

• Ash, S. L., Clayton, P. H. (2009) Critical Reflection in Applied Learning.
• Excerpts from:  Cod (1997) Kurlansky, Mark

The Race to Codlandia

Certain Inalienable Rights

Week 6

• The Price of Tomatoes, by Barry Estabrook
• Integrated Units Planning Guide

Week7

• Unhappy Meals, by Michael Pollan
• Standards? What Standards?

Week 8

• “Dow Corn, Resistant to a Weed Killer, Runs Into Opposition”
  By Andrew Pollard, New York Times, 4/25/12
• Meaningful Student Involvement: Guide to Students as Partners in School Change
  Read pp 5-8

Week 9

• “What Is Education For?” By David Orr
  Earth in Mind, On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect (1994)