BACK TO SCHOOL ~ BACK CONSERVATION 



By Mrs. H. F. Uhlrich 

 President Ladies Auxiliary 



Now is the time for all good 

 ladies to come to the aid of their 

 conservation-minded husbands. Al- 

 though some of us live where there 

 is no organized district auxiliary, 

 we are automatically eligible to 

 be auxiliary members and should feel 

 a sense of obligation to help when 

 needed. Since it has been our aim 

 as a group to promote conservation 

 education, it would seem most timely 

 that we offer to help our husbands 

 plan their next meeting this fall — 

 and be their guests'. With their 

 permission, why not arrange to invite 

 the county superintendent, school 

 superintendent, or administrator 

 to come and discuss conservation 

 education in the schools? The 

 supervisors could suggest the 

 materials and services that could be 

 supplied through the districts, some 

 of which might be: 



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4. 



Conservation, Natural Resource 

 and Environmental reference 

 materials and books in the 

 school and public libraries. 

 (Provide a list of basic 

 periodicals and books that 

 coul d be obtai ned. ) 

 Sponsor essay contests, speech 

 contests, etc. in school on 

 conservation projects. 

 Sponsor teacher workshops. 

 Sponsor student workshops. 



tours and camps to teach 

 conservation . 



5. Provide curriculum guides to 

 schools for teachers to use. 

 Examples are "People and Their 

 Environment Curriculum Guides 

 for Teachers, Grades I through 

 12", which can be ordered from 

 the J. G. Ferguson Company, 6 

 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 

 Illinois 60602. Also, a new 

 Environmental Curriculum is 

 currently being tested by the 

 Department of Public Instruction 

 and is expected to be available 

 this fal I . 



6. Soil Conservation Society of 

 America (SCSA) Educational 

 Cartoon Booklets for distribu- 

 tion to students: 



a. The Story of Land 



b. The Wonder of Water 



c. Food and the Land 



d. Working Together for a 

 Livable Land 



e. Help Keep our Land 

 Beautiful 



f. Making a Home for Wild- 

 life on the Land 



g. Dennis the Menace and Dirt 



7. Acquire land for establishment 

 of an outdoor Conservation 

 Laboratory . 



8. Scholarships for teachers to 

 attend col lege to take con- 

 servation education courses 

 qualifying them for conser- 

 vation teaching. 



9. Slide series with audio 

 commentary, "Quality Life and 

 Environment", available through 

 the local Soi I Conservation 

 Service office. 



How about it gals? Now that your 

 husband has referred this little mes- 

 sage to you, show him that you, too, 

 are interested in conservation and 

 would like to be a part of this back- 

 to-school meeting — and ultimately be 

 a part of having achieved better 

 conservation education through even 

 one of the above ^uv^nested methods. 



(This page sponsored ^v the Montana 

 Ladies Auxi I iary ) 



