Re: SA Curriculum for 6-12th Grade

Irwin Weintraub (iweintra@rci.rutgers.edu)
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 08:26:32 -0400

At 10:06 AM 12/18/97 EST, Twittman wrote:
>Hi Saneters,
> I'm searching for information about curriculum for 6 through 12th grades
>that has a sustainable ag bend to it. The Committee for Sustainable
>Agriculture is participating in a venture with a local Wattsonville,
>California high school program called the Agribusiness program. Many of the
>students in this program are the children or relatives of farmworkers. They
>have an interest in agriculture but are not very interested in being farm
>workers. They want better jobs and we are trying to assemble a three year
>curriculum to provide them with high school courses to give them a foundation
>and perhaps a direction to pursue after high school.
> If any of you have heard of such a program or can provide some leads we
>would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Thank You,
>
>Thomas Wittman
>
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Are you aware of the following publication:

Toward a sustainable agriculture: A teachers guide. Madison, WI, Center
for Integrated Agricultural Systems, 1991. 3 vols/

Recommended curriculum for teaching sustainable agriculture to high school
students. Consists of background information, instructinal planning and
hands-on activities for practical experience.

Vol. 1 . Teacher reference guide - Intorduction to sustainable agricullture
for teachers.
Vol. 2. Instructional Unit - A tool for teachers to plan their
instructional sessions.
Vol. 3. Learning activities - A series of 21 learning activities to gain
practical experience with sustainable agriculutre projects.

Contact: Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, 146A Agriculture
Hall,f University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706

or

Wisconsin Rural Development Center, 1406 Highway 18-151, Mount Horeb,
Wisconsin 53572.


Irwin Weintraub
Head, Stephen and Lucy Chang Science Library
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
iweintr@rci.rutgers.edu

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