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Purpose:
Duration:
Three fifty minute class periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- access information on a philanthropist, using a variety of print and electronic sources.
- organize research into a presentation.
- discuss the life of key philanthropist in American history.
Materials:
- Access to computer lab and media center
- Student copies of A Partial List of Philanthropists from History (Attachment One)
- Student copies of Note Taker’s Guide (Attachment Two)
- Student copies of Rubric for the Presentation (Attachment Three)
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Tell the learners to imagine that they are writing to one of the richest (or most famous) persons in the world. Ask them to close their eyes and “see” their letter being dumped out of a sack of one hundred letters, all waiting to be opened and read. Ask students to discuss what their letter would require in order to be taken seriously and answered.
- Have the students form into small groups and distribute A Partial List of Philanthropists from History (Attachment One). Pick one individual from the list. Have the students brainstorm by writing down questions they would ask them or things they would like to learn.
- Distribute Note Taker’s Guide (Attachment Two) and Presentation Rubric (Attachment Three). Discuss each. Students will complete the research using the Note Taker’s Guide.
Day Two:
Review research procedures and presentation rubric. Ask about questions, suggestions, and problems in doing the research for this project. Introduce resources both web and book based. Have the students begin their research of assigned individual.
Day Three:
Have students continue to create their visual and oral presentations.
Assessment:
The teacher will visually check students’ Note Taker's Guide (Attachment Two), to be turned in at the project’s end. The teacher will also discuss rubric guidelines as students are creating their presentations.
Bibliographical References:
- Lesson adapted from the 9-12 Learning to Give unit “Dear Philanthropist,” Lesson One, found at http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit20/lesson1.html
- www.biography.com
- www.marcopolo.org
- www.historychannel.com
Lesson Developed and Piloted by:
Dennis Thomasn/a
Cathedral High School
Indianapolis, IN 46226
Handouts:
Handout 1Print Handout 1
A Partial List of Philanthropists from History
(Review student work from Lesson One: Philanthropy’s role in a Democratic Society for additional philanthropists to include in the list.)
Jane Addams
Dorothy Day
Alexis de Tocqueville
W. E. B. DuBois
Osceola McCarty
Mother Teresa
Madam C. J. Walker
Andrew Carnegie
James Baldwin
Charles Stewart Mott
Jimmy Carter
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
Dorothea Dix
Frederick Douglass
Father Divine
William Lloyd Garrison
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Horace Mann
Thomas Paine
Alice Paul
Ralph Nader
Lucretia Mott
A. Philip Randolph
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Handout 2Print Handout 2
Note Taker's Guide
My research is on ___________________________________.
S/he lived from _______________ to ____________________.
S/he lived in (city, state) ______________________________.
S/he is best known for: __________________________________________________.
S/he became involved in this work because:
(a)
(b)
(c)
The motivation behind this person’s work was:
What were the results of this person’s philanthropic work?
Are these results still seen today? How?
Handout 3Print Handout 3
Rubric for the Presentation on Philanthropists from History
1. Addressed the three components of the project
2. Create an aesthetically organized presentation
3. Addressed the three required components of the research and presentation over assigned individual:
a. brief history
b. philanthropic deeds
c. effects on American history
4. Information presented in a clear and engaging manner
5. All members participated equally in research, construction and presentation
Unit Contents:
Overview:Philanthropy's Role in a Democratic Society Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Key Concepts in a Democratic Society
- 2.
- Research & Development
- 3.
- Dear Young Philanthropist
- 4.
- The Building of Philanthropic Tradition in America
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