European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 10, 1990 the stars and strikes a a a Page 9education i Quot to if.1 a a classroom close ups amps Lynda Davidson Melody Hill Gold and her third Grade school display an autographed portrait cellar Helmut Kohl. The students pre but this was the first time they received a class at Kaiserslautern elementary and personal letter from German Chan piously have written to several politicians reply with such a personal touch on k iffy 4�?T. Quot it 4 is amps Jimi Jones first grader Heather Woller and her teammates Point out special features in the Ideal by j1m1 Jones education writer it Rhein main a Germany if 6-year-Olds had some say about the Way the world is run it might very Well be a cleaner place. A a a \ incorporating All they had Learned about environmental issues first graders at Halvorsen elementary school built their own pollution free Model cities a we want there to be a world when we grow up a said Nicholas Corley a so we made this unpolluted  a we made a lot of houses and a Forest because Trees Are clean you know a added Heather Woller. A their leaves clean the  the children a architecture was a final exam of sorts said teacher Kelly Lewis. A using everything they had Learned in the weeks prior could they build their own Ideal Community a they could. They designed police stations Banks gardens lakes forests factories and electric ears and trains. The youngsters imposed strict emission controls on factories added water pollution controls and extensively used recycling. The 24mem-Ber class worked in teams of six to build the four communities. The subway system a does no to let out smoke a Heather said. A it does no to have one of those Hose things it runs by electric a she said pointing out the City a structures and its special features. A and the water is Only Blue. It s not _ Een with a Bunc a a it a not polluted Niy due. J Green with a Bunch of garbage a she said. Lewis said the class had studied All aspects of the environment using the theme approach to teaching. A we study some go to town a on issues thing and pull in the concepts from different curricula areas inst acl of segmenting the curriculum a she said. A with the one topic we met All the objectives that Dodds department of defense dependents schools outlines for different curricula areas. A children afe so powerless a Lewis said. A we As adults make All the decisions so when they Are Given the Chance to decide about things they take it to heart. They know that this is their world their land that they be got to take care of it. They really feel the responsibility that a in be got to do this when in a older a and the children practice what they learn Lewis said. After talks about endangered species Quot one child smother got a lecture when she looked at a Mink coat. The 6-year-old told her Mother that it May have been All right a Long time ago to kill animals for clothes but not anymore. On a school vol Smarch a my children were appalled at the Way the Forest looked a Lewis said. A they were in the Woods picking up All the trash they saw and putting it in the trash containers. A a they a come up to me and say a i saw this kid littering and i told him he needed to stop.1 its an action thing that they do All the time a with their school located nearly next door to Frankfurt International Airport runways the youngsters also heard about noise pollution Lewis said. A we walked right outside the door and stood and tried to talk. So now in the hallway its a Shah we done to want to make any noise  a they Are my Little crusaders. Real  \