Machine derived contents note: What's Inside -- What Kids Think of Protecting & Caring for Animals -- What Do You Know? -- Service + Learning = Service Learning -- Animals Across the Curriculum -- Stage 1: Preparation -- Why Animals? Why Now? -- Because We Care & We Can! -- Offering Protection for Animals in Today's World -- Meet Kids in Action: Part 1 -- How Animals Help Us Every Day -- Meet Kids in Action: Part 2 -- Looking Back: Historical Moments & Actions -- Making History Today -- Being Ready: Caring for Animals in Disasters -- Meet Kids in Action: Part 3 -- Learning from Reading: Straydog -- Stage 2: Action -- A Call to Action -- Getting Started: What Does Your Community Need? -- Our Community Needs -- Taking Action -- Service Learning Proposal -- Project Promotion: Finding Resources & Telling Your Story -- Make Your Action Memorable -- Stage 3: Reflection -- Pause, Look Back, & Reflect -- Stage 4: Demonstration -- Once You Know It, Show It! -- What You've Learned & Accomplished -- What's Next? -- FYI (For Your Information) -- A Note to Teachers, Youth Leaders, Parents, & Other Adults -- Sources for Animal Welfare Facts.