Curriculum and Planning
Place-based education is an emerging field, supported by people around the country in numerous ways. Click on the links below to learn more about the organizations and associations that are supporting teachers, funding projects, and linking schools with their communities. This list is by no means complete. If you have suggestions on other links we should include, go to the forum and let us know.
- Research, Evaluation, and Articles
- Foundations and Organizations that Financially Support Place-Based Education and Community Initiatives
- Environmental, Place-based, and other Educational Organizations and Associations
- Organizations and Programs that Provide Training, Information, and Support
- Agricultural Education, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture
- Community Planning, Education, and Visioning
- Citizen Science and Monitoring
- Mapping and Technology Tools
- Ecological Design
- Public Agencies
- Service Learning
- Youth-Based Conservation Corps
- Arts Councils
- Conservation Commissions
- Recycling, Composting, and Sustainability
- Folklife Centers and other Initiatives Using Oral Histories and Cultural Research
- Native American and Traditional Knowledge
- Conservation Organizations and Land Trusts
- Hiking and Outdoor Clubs and Associations
- Colleges and Universities
Vignette
Belmont Barns
As part of the Vermont Reads program sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, third and fourth graders, their parents, and other community members in Belmont, VT read "As Long As There Are Mountains" by Vermont author Natalie Kinsey-Warnock. Students met with local elders, toured historic barns and productive farms in the community, and met with state wildlife biologists to learn about local habitat. They also met with members of the Mount Holly Community Guild the Select Board, The Planning Commission, and The Barn Preservation Association to discuss the book. Students created educational posters showing how a barn is raised, a quilt representing different barn styles for display in the community, and posters with drawings and descriptions of plants referenced in the book.
Mount Holly School
Blemong, VT
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