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Teachers are encouraged to seek out local resources when introducing
River of Words.Here is a short list of places and people you might
seek out:
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Ask your water department if
they have teaching tools, guest speakers, or field trip opportunities.
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Resource Conservation Districts
(local offices of the US Department of Agriculture) often have Watershed
Education staff and information about your local watershed.
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Regional EPA offices are founts
of quality material and knowledge, too.
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Check to see if your local
arts council has resources.
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Ask your library or bookstore
to assemble a reading list of books relating to your area, field
guides, poetry, natural history, etc. (Once your students create
their River of Words art and poetry, they might be willing to mount
a display, too.)
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Call grassroots conservation
groups in your area—Friends of Your Creek, and so on—to
see if they have materials you can utilize.
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See if your state has a poets
or artists in the classroom program. See what talents your school’s
parents might have to share.
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Check with nearby parks to
see what resources they have.
You’ll be amazed at how helpful and eager
to pitch in most folks will be. In fact, this is one of the original
intents of River of Words: building community partnerships.
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