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Underground Railroad (Feb. 2006)
Black History Month is on the way. During
this month we celebrate the amazing contributions of many
African Americans, both living and deceased.
Calvin Environmental Leadership Program would like to provide
for you and your students an educational opportunity during
the month of February. Our Underground Railroad lesson is
a cultural experience and a hands-on insight into the life
of slaves and especially those led by Harriet Tubman and others
to freedom. This is a great opportunity to take a history
lesson outside! Your group will be able to travel along the
Underground Railroad and escape to freedom.
For bookings or more information, please
contact:
Paul Humphreys,
Calvin Center Program Director
Calvin Environmental & Leadership Program
"Outdoor & Environmental education
in a natural setting."
The Natural environment is alive with learning, growth, teamwork
and even fun.
Nature provides the perfect classroom for outdoor and environmental
education of all ages. Experiential approaches to education reinforce
and strengthen many skills.
Often we have limited opportunities to participate and interact
with the natural environment.
For many young people the lessons that can be discovered from the
outdoors are all too often missed.
By interacting and learning in natural settings through outdoor
and environmental education students grow as individuals, and discover
ways to show leadership in protecting the environment.
Background
The Calvin Center is located on 548 beautiful wooded acres in South
Clayton County. The Calvin Center is a year round camp and conference
center owned and operated by the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
Classes and Programs
Our curriculum is your curriculum. The Lessons that we offer are
based on the curriculum standards for the State of Georgia. We
offer and provide classes for those standards that could best be
met using the wonderful natural environment. Programs may be modified
to integrate any special topics your group would like covered.
Our topics include...
- Freshwater ecology
- Nature Discovery Hike
- Deer Populations
- Paper Making/ Recycling
- Environmental Issues
- Canoeing/ Kayaking / Water safety
- Low Ropes/ High Ropes/Climbing wall
- Camp fire activities & Stories
- Solar energy & Weather
- Maps/ Compass/ Orienteering mania
- Reptiles
- Games/ Initiatives
- Night games & Night Hikes
- Astronomy
- Fungi Finding
- Trees Galore
The above is a sample listing of our lessons. Discussion and close
liaison is provided to give teachers and educators what they are
seeking as opportunities to achieve some curriculum standards that
are difficult to accomplish at school or in the classroom.
Facilitators for groups come from a varied background including;
teachers, outdoor educators and graduate students. Each one of
our facilitators is excited about working with children and youth
and has different areas of specialization.
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