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New Second Edition
The Complete Guide to Service Learning BOOK with CD-ROM Included!
By Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., International Service Learning Consultant
An essential, time-saving tool, fully revised and updated at a time when service is in the spotlight The Complete Guide to Service Learning Second Edition is the NEW go-to resource in the fast-growing field of service learning. This award-winning treasury of activities, ideas, quotes, reflections, and resources provides hundreds of annotated book recommendations, author interviews, and expert essays—all presented within a curricular context and organized by theme. This new edition maintains the easy-to-use format of the original and is enhanced to reflect the most up-to-date service learning pedagogy. Benefits of the book include:
• A blueprint for service learning, from getting started to assessing the experience
• Integration of the K–12 Standards for Service Learning
• Thirteen thematic chapters (including two new themes)
• Ideas for incorporating global literacy into service learning,
• Suggestions for creating a culture of service
• Hundreds of real-life field-tested service learning experiences, including dozens of new examples
• Interviews and advice from the field
Included with this book: a CD-ROM containing all of the planning and tracking forms from the book, plus bonus material

Be sure to contact us with your curriculum ideas and comments about how you have used ABCD Books.

"One of the Top 10 Books on the Environment for Youth (2011)." - Booklist

NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD
Service Learning in International Schools: A World of Possibilities FAQs about Service Learning in International Schools. Case Studies from International Schools in 13 different countries. Resources from 16 organizations with international reach. And more!

From the author Cathryn Berger Kaye:

NEW! By author Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A. The Free Spirit Service Learning for Kids Series Put service learning into students' hands with these exciting, inspiring, get involved workbooks. All are highly interactive kids’ guides to learning and taking action. Easy to use and highly engaging. Titles include: • Climate Change and Global Warming (new!) Details • Protecting and Caring for Animals • Hunger and Homelessness • Helping Others to Read and Succeed Click Here to find out more.

STRATEGIES for SUCCESS with LITERACY a Learning Curriculum that Serves  
By Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A.

Free curriculum materials are available to download.

What is Service Learning? A Guide for Parents, a 6-page guide available through the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, as part of the Bringing Learning to Life Series. Written by Cathryn Berger Kaye. Other resources also available, including the Service Learning In Action Guide, also authored by Cathryn Kaye.

ARTICLES! You can access the following articles written by Cathryn Berger Kaye by clicking below.
Service-Learning: The Time is Now in the National Middle School Association's Middle Ground -- the Magazine of Middle Level Education October 2009.  Many thanks to the National Middle School Association for inviting me to write the article.
Service Learning: An Ideal Strategy to Reach, Teach, and Engage Adolescents on the National Association of Secondary School Principals website, September 2007.
 Spotlight on Service Learning: Service Learning and Literature–Creating a Dynamic, Engaging School Culture, printed in Middle Ground Magazine, October 2006. Many thanks to the National Middle School Association for making this available.