None for this lesson.

Anticipatory Set:
Philanthropy will be printed on the board in huge letters when students enter the room.  Ask, “What is philanthropy?”  After hearing responses, define the term as “giving of one’s time, talent or treasure for the sake of another, or for the common good.”  Additional definitions include: “voluntary action for the public good; voluntary giving, voluntary service and voluntary association, primarily for the benefit of others; giving and serving; active effort to promote human welfare.”

• Define service learning as service for others which goes beyond volunteerism, community service and youth service by connecting the service experience to the school curriculum and by requiring students to reflect on the meaning they attach to the service they performed.
• Define common good as service which involves individual citizens having the commitment and motivation to promote the welfare of the community (even if they must sacrifice their own time, personal preferences or money) to work together with other members for the greater benefit of all.
• Say to the class, “Find the student in the class whom you know least well and have a five minute time to share with him or her.  Find out what and when the last time was that the student did an act for the common good.  Then your partner will ask you the same. You will report your findings to the class.”  (It might be helpful for the teacher to model this conversation with a student.)  Conduct the interviews and the reporting out session.
• Divide the class into several groups and give each group one of the resources listed in Materials.  Still working in groups, ask the groups to read their material and discuss the following:
  How does your group’s reading demonstrate that the writer understands philanthropic activities and their importance to the common good?
• In a whole class setting, ask the groups to briefly summarize their reading material and the discussion.
• Demonstrate that you also have an understanding of the meaning of philanthropy. Responses should be included in a two-page addition to their journals, completed before the next class session.

Interactive Parent / Student Homework:
The teacher will ask learners to collaborate with their families on the following: “At the next meal you share, ask them for their definition of philanthropy, when the last time was they did a philanthropic act and whether they would be willing to commit to an act for the common good during the next month.”

• www.giraffe.org, “Profiles of Giraffe Heroes”
  
  

• Hoose, Phillip. It’s Our World, Too! Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference. Toronto: Little Brown and Co., 1993. ISBN: 785711589.
  There are practical suggestions for social action projects included in this book.
  
  

• www.learningtogive.org. Check “Briefing Papers” for the 3 Ts of philanthropy.