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Recommended Readings, Videos and Websites

Children’s Books

• The Giving Tree
• The Velveteen Rabbit
• “Let’s Get a Pup!” Said Kate

Young Adult Books

• Black Beauty (Others, Animals)
• Hoot (Animals, Environment)
• Because of Winn Dixie (Animals)
• Diary of a Young Girl (Self, Others)
• The Outsiders (Self, Others)
• A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah (Self, Others)
• Meena (Self, Others)
• Charlotte’s Web (Animals)
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma Young Readers Edition - Michael Pollan (Self, Animals, Environment)
• Three Cups of Tea Young Readers Edication - Greg Mortenson (Self, Others)

Adult Non-Fiction

• Most Good, Least Harm - Zoe Weil www.humaneeducation.org (Self, Others, Animals, Environment)
• The Power and Promise of Humane Education - Zoe Weil www.humaneeducation.org (Self, Others, Animals, Environment)
• The China Study - T. Colin Campbell (Self, Others, Animals, Environment)
• Thanking the Monkey - Karen Dawn (Self, Others, Animals, Environment)
• Ready, Set, Green - Graham Hill & Meaghan O’Neill (Environment)
• Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl (Self, Others)
• Spontaneous Healing - Dr. Andrew Weil (Self)
• The Seven Levels of Intimacy - Matthew Kelly (Self, Others)
• Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson (Self, Others)
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan (Self, Animals, Environment)
• Animals Matter - Marc Bekoff (Animals)
• Dominion  - Matthew Scully (Animals)
• World Changing,  A User’s Guide for the 21st Century - (Self, Others, Animals, Environment)

Educator Guides (Curriculum and Lessons)

• Engaging Students Through Global Issues:  Activity-Based Lessons and Action Projects, ISBN 9780971100558 available at www.facingthefuture.org.
• Rethinking Globalization available at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

Magazines

• All Animals - The Humane Society of the United States (Animals)
• Best Friends - Best Friends Animal Society (Animals)

Videos

• Food Inc.
• The Story of Stuff available at http://storyofstuff.org
• The Meatrix available at www.themeatrix.com
• The Emotional Lives of Farm Animals
• The True Cost of Food available at http://www.sierraclub.org/truecostoffood/
• Share the World
• Lost Futures
• Their Future in Your Hands
• Fast Food Nation (not for viewers under age 18)
• Supersize Me
• The Apology Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Daz6_pWLo
• The Cove (Dolphins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k62kc07m1Dc

Websites for Educators

• http://www.nylc.org/ Service Learning
• www.facingthefuture.org Global Studies/Lessons/Curriculum
• www.storyofstuff.org Consumerism/Consumption Video and Lessons
• www.humaneeducation.org Humane Education
• www.teachkind.org Animal  Welfare Lessons
• http://www.nrdc.org/GREENSQUAD/intro/intro_1.asp Green Earth Squad
• http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/ Recycle City
• http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/
• http://www.teachablemoment.org/index.html

• http://www.goinspirego.com/