Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Purpose:
Duration:
Instructional Component: Three Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Experiential Component: Two Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- collect and explore data through constructing a survey reflecting the frequency of family philanthropic actions directed toward the community.
- organize data in bar graph.
- analyze and interpret data from bar graph.
- explain the source of data and what the data represents to the class and school community.
Service Experience:
Create pamphlets encouraging the school community, families and neighbors to participate by sharing or giving their time, talent or treasure in the community and illustrating ways to make it easier to do.
Instructor's Notes for Experiential Component: The Service Learning component meets the school community need of providing opportunities for sharing philanthropic opportunities within the school community so as to expand participation in philanthropy.
An important component of Service Learning is reflection. For this activity, it is suggested that learners be divided into groups of three or four to produce their families' participation in philanthropic acts pamphlets. Each group should give themselves a name and place that name clearly on the top of a very large sheet of paper. Each group's sheet of paper should be displayed in the classroom. Reserve the last ten minutes of each class period to complete this reflection activity. Each group draws a picture each day of the philanthropy included in their pamphlet. One member of each group writes what they believe the activity to be. At the end of the activity all share their responses.
Celebration is another component of Service Learning. Parents, friends and significant adults were asked to participate in the surveys. One way for class celebration would be to invite the adults in to see the finished pamphlets and have each group present the parent with a certificate of appreciation for participating in the Service Learning activity and for giving of their time, treasure or talent for the common good.
Materials:
- Large sheets of paper
- Markers
- Trifold sheets of paper for pamphlets or other means of binding the pamphlets such as string, clips, glue, access to a binding machine
- Sample Family or Adult Philanthropic Actions Survey (Attachment One)
- Sample Tally Sheet for Survey (Attachment Two)
- Family Philanthropic Frequency Bar Graph (Attachment Three)
- Group Bar Graph Discussion Sheet (Attachment Four)
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Cut out newspaper headlines from surveys or opinion polls. Place them on the chalkboard. Begin reading aloud the results of several headlines. Ask learners the following questions: 1) What are these headlines describing? 2) What is a survey? and 3) Why were they developed?
- Ask learners to reflect back to the examples of philanthropic actions performed in their families or with friends they identified in Lesson Two: Ethics and Philanthropy — The Act of Sharing and Giving. Lesson Two is a Social Studies lesson and may have been presented by another instructor in your school. Coordinate this lesson to follow closely. Inform learners a survey will be developed from these examples to construct bar graphs.
Teacher Note: To stimulate ideas, give examples of "family philanthropy" affirming that even the smallest acts can be philanthropic.- List the examples on a large sheet of paper posted on the chalkboard. The class will vote on fives choices for philanthropic acts performed in both the home and in the community. Select two counters to verify the vote and a recorder to register the results.
- Type the survey using Attachment One: Family or Adult Philanthropic Actions Survey as a sample and construct an enlarged version of Attachment Two: Sample Tally Sheet for Survey for Day Two of the lesson.
- Assign to learners the typed Attachment One: Family or Adult Philanthropic Actions Survey as a school/home assignment. Discuss and explain the school/ home assignment and how they will record data collected in class the next day.
- Construct an enlarged version of Attachment Two: Sample Tally Sheet for Survey for Day Three of the lesson.
- Record data from the surveys as they enter the class on the enlarged Attachment Two: Sample Tally Sheet for Survey the next day. All recorders of the survey should sign their names on the tally sheet.
- Review the rubric for constructing a bar graph (Attachment Three: Family Philanthropic Frequency Bar Graph). Learners will divide into groups of three or four persons and design their own bar graph, using the tallied data. This grouping should also serve as the grouping for the Experiential Service Learning activity.
- Select and display correctly constructed bar graphs in the class.
- Use the same groups during the fourth class period. Each group will be assigned a bar graph to study for ten minutes. Group members are to share their responses to Attachment Four: Group Bar Graph Discussion Sheet. Each group selects a reporter to report back to the entire class.
Assessment:
Returned surveys and constructed bars graphs would be used to check the understanding of the learners. Bar graphs are to be evaluated as to accuracy. The instructor is to record response and class participation.
School/Home Connection:
- Have learners ask identified adults to meet to discuss and record the number of times they have performed philanthropic action toward each other and their community. See Attachment One: Family or Adult Philanthropic Actions Survey, a letter to each home explaining the activity and asking for adult participation.
Cross-Curriculum Extensions:
Discuss the benefits and barriers to your family performing certain philanthropic actions. The pamphlets created during their service-learning activity could be passed out during open house or parent/teacher conferences. From the information gathered when making their pamphlets, students could prepare a weekly announcement in school on how to perform philanthropic actions at home. The announcements could be placed on an office bulletin board, classroom boards or if the school has a system, read on a public address system. Learners could also develop a list of non-profit organizations families could assist in their community and place it in the school newsletter or web site.
Lesson Developed By:
Justine AustinRomulus Community Schools
Merriman Elementary School
Romulus, MI 48174
Handouts:
Handout 1Print Handout 1
Family or Adult Philanthropic Actions Survey
DateDear Parent(s)/Guardian,
I have been learning about philanthropic actions, (the sharing and giving of time, talent and treasures), among families. Our class wants to compile a survey to determine how many times certain types of philanthropic acts are performed during a week in each home. I would like us to remember and record the number of times we have participated in philanthropic actions in our home and the community, during last week from ______________________ to ______________________.
I hope you will enjoy this exercise, and thank you for helping to complete this assignment.
Sincerely,
Student Signature
Directions: Please record the number of times your household has participated in the following philanthropic acts in the past week. For example, if you shared a meal with a senior citizen once this week, (Shared a meal with senior citizen 1).
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| 1. (List five household philanthropic actions.) Number 2. __________________________ ____ 3. __________________________ ____ 4. __________________________ ____ 5. __________________________ ____ |
1. (List five household philanthropic actions.) Number 2. __________________________ ____ 3. __________________________ ____ 4. __________________________ ____ 5. __________________________ ____ |
Handout 2Print Handout 2
Sample Tally Sheet for Survey
Directions: Enlarge sample tally sheet for survey.
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Handout 3Print Handout 3
Family Philanthropic Frequency Bar Graph
Directions: Learners may enlarge their graphs.
Group Member Names:
Rubric for Bar Graph
4 points: Title, correctly labeled x and y axis, key, and correctly graphed philanthropic actions.
3 points: Three of the above items.
2 points: Two of the above items.
1 point: One of the above items.
Handout 4Print Handout 4
Group Bar Graph Discussion Sheet
Group Member Names:Date:
1. What is the most frequently performed philanthropic action toward family members? Discuss why. What factors contribute toward this result?
2. What is the most frequently performed philanthropic action toward the community? What factors contribute toward this result?
3. What is the least frequently performed philanthropic action toward family members? Discuss why. What factors contribute toward this result?
4. What is the least frequently performed philanthropic action toward the community? Discuss why. What factors contribute toward this result?
Unit Contents:
Overview:Philanthropy—Sharing Our Time, Talent and Treasure with Family and Friends Summary
Lessons:
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- Traditions of the Family—American Celebrations and Philanthropy
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- Ethics and Philanthropy The Act of Sharing and Giving
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- Philanthropy Actions of the Heart and Mind
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- Our Partners in Philanthropy
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Comments
(The positive aspect of using the lesson was)the graphing activity.