ACT: The Animal Club for Teens (Ages 13-18)
Class experience
US Grade 8 - 11
ACT: Animal Club for Tweens is a club for 13 to 17-year-old students who are interested in animal welfare and animal rights. Each week we’ll meet a different kind of animal who needs our help. Students will learn about the issue surrounding the animal and decide if our club should take action for change. We’ll learn about different ways of making decisions as we decide as a club about whether we should take action on a particular issue. We’ll explore majority voting and consensus...
Students will learn: — about issues affecting the environment and animals. — about different ways of making decisions as a group. — about how government works and how they can be involved citizens. —about many ways they can work for change they want to see. — about using technology such as email and social media for communication.
I have been involved in animal rescue and animal rights work for many years. I am also an experienced community organizer and taught a “justice school” during which ordinary citizens learned about the ways they could take political action for change they wanted to see.
Homework Offered
Most weeks the club meetings will end with an action students can take to work toward change. Completing the action is optional, though encouraged.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Students can earn badges in the Animal Club for Tweens by taking pictures of themselves completing an action, or by writing a short paragraph about how they took action. The photo or essay needs to be posted in the classroom to count toward the student’s badge. Badge earners will be recognized at the beginning of each club meeting. The first completed action earns the Grasshopper Badge. Five completed actions earn the Snake Badge: 10-Rabbit Badge, 20-Cat Badge, 30-Rooster Badge, 40-Pig Badge, 50-Wolf Badge, 60-Deer Badge, 70-Lion Badge, 80-Eagle Badge, 90-Elephant Badge, 100-Whale Badge.Grades Offered
This club will teach students about different ways they can take political and consumer action by communicating with government and business decision-makers. While we will discuss how we can change policy, students will decide for themselves if an issue presented is one on which they think they should work for change. An example might be the teacher presenting the story of a zoo that has an elephant in a very small enclosure that animal activists say is inhumane. The teacher will share with the students different perspectives on whether the enclosure is too small. The students will then discuss as a group and decide together what they think is true. If they agree that the enclosure is too small, the teacher will tell them that activists are encouraging people to send an email to the zookeeper and encourage her to send the elephant to a sanctuary. The teacher will walk through how that email can be written and what it should and should not say. After class, students can talk with their parents about sending the email and taking action.
From ancient times, humans have used stories to better understand themselves and their place in the universe. Stories explain our past and how we can create a better time and world for ourselves and those who will come after us. This is the heart...
Group Class
$5
weekly1x per week
25 min
Completed by 100 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 13-18
1-15 learners per class
Financial Assistance
Outschool International
Tutoring
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