Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Purpose:
Duration:
Varies (Activities completed at home throughout the year.)
Objectives:
The learner will:
- learn appropriate methods for evaluating their own experiences through a variety of choices.
- identify philanthropic opportunities that they can carry out independently.
- identify opportunities for improving their community.
Service Experience:
To provide experiences for students outside the classroom that allow them to choose various philanthropic actions.
Materials:
- Philanthropy Menu (see Attachment One) and Philanthropy Menu Suggestions (see Attachment Two)
- Philanthropic Portfolio Notebook and Folder (See Attachments Three through Six)
- Letter to Parents - "Philanthropy…Fun to Say…Cool to Do!" (see Attachment Seven)
- Various Assessment Tools: pictures, writing samples, photos, etc.
Notes for Instruction:
By now, students would have had a basic introduction to how philanthropy will be included in the school year's curriculum. Students will have been exposed to the use of a timeline, vocabulary, and many discussions and activities regarding philanthropy.
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Display one or two menus for class examples. Ask students why they are used.
- Distribute the Philanthropic Menu (Attachments One and Two), the Letter To Parents - "Philanthropy…Fun to Say…Cool to Do!" (Attachment Seven) explaining the purpose of these take-home activities and the Assessment Forms (Attachments Three through Six).
- During the course of the year, students will choose various activities they can do at home that involve some type of philanthropic action. Use student participation when classroom activities are selected. Record the activities selected by each student. This record can be used to remind students if they forget their choice.
- Have students' record their accomplishments using different methods throughout the year. This record could consist of orally sharing with the class, photographs, written account, or illustrating through pictures. Students should use the same method at the same time when possible. Change the method for each philanthropic activity the students perform.
- Students should keep track of their projects by dating them, and storing them in a Philanthropy folder (thus creating a timeline of events). The class should do at least half of the alphabetical list, which would involve 13 different activities throughout the year. They may choose from the provided lists (see Attachments One and Two), or may develop their own ideas with instructional approval.
Assessment:
Students will maintain a "Philanthropic Portfolio Notebook" for assessment as well as timeline information throughout the year. Evaluate the quality of the students' accomplishments based on the entries in their folders.
Use the suggested Assessment Forms (see Attachments Three, Four, Five and Six) attached to this lesson.
Cross-Curriculum Extensions:
Discussions will result from activities and students will be able to share what they learned from their experiences.
Lesson Developed By:
Kristina SparksReeths-Puffer Schools
McMillan Elementary School
Muskegon, MI 49445
Handouts:
Handout 1Print Handout 1
Philanthropic Menu
A: applaud someone for doing a great job
B: bake something for a homeless shelter
C: care for a sick animal
D: donate a book to your library
E: encourage a friend to volunteer with you
F: form a “kids kare klub” with your friends
G: give a helping hand to an older person
H: help clean up a part of your neighborhood
I: illustrate a picture for someone
J: join a club
K: kindly ask if you can help someone
L: listen to and respect people
M: make something special for someone you love
N: notice if someone needs your help
O: offer to help out a neighbor
P: participate in a fundraiser
Q: quietly share
R: remember to say please and thank you
S: share a book with someone who cannot read
T: teach someone about the importance of caring
U: use the lifeskills
V: volunteer to help out at a school function
W: welcome a guest in your classroom
X: explain what philanthropy means to you
Y: yes to sharing and caring
Z: zip up someone’s coat
Handout 2Print Handout 2
Philanthropic Menu Suggestions
A: applaud, assist, accept, appreciateB: bake, begin, bring
C: care, carry, celebrate, change, choose
D: donate, dedicate, decide, draw
E: earn, encourage
F: fix, feed, find
G: give, go, guide
H: help, hold, honor
I: illustrate, imagine, independently
J: join, just
K: keep, know
L: lead, lend, learn, listen
M: make, meet, model
N: notice, need
O: offer, observe, open
P: participate, pass, play
Q: question, quickly
R: raise, read, reach, reward
S: share, smile, start
T: think, talk, tell
U: use, unselfishly, understand
V: view, volunteer
W: welcome, watch
X: exchange, exercise, explain
Y: young, youth, yes
Z: zip
Handout 3Print Handout 3
Assessment Form One
Student Name:
Teacher’s Name:
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Handout 4Print Handout 4
Assessment Form Two
Name:
Number:
Date:
Philanthropic Activity:
Use a smiling face or a frowning face to show how you felt when you chose your act of kindness…
When I helped someone who needed me, I felt
I liked helping out.
I would want someone to help me if I needed help.
I feel that this was a good philanthropic activity.
I would want to do this activity again to help someone.
Name one thing that really worked doing this activity:
Name one thing that didn't really work doing this activity:
If you could do something else to help someone out, what would it be?
Handout 5Print Handout 5
Assessment Form Three
Name:
Number:
Date:
Philanthropic Activity:
Draw a picture of something you did for someone or something that showed you caring and giving your personal best.
Handout 6Print Handout 6
Assessment Form Four
Name:
Number:
Date:
Philanthropic Activity:
Write about what kind of act you did for someone else. Be sure to include how you felt about what you did, and how it helped someone out.
Handout 7Print Handout 7
“Philanthropy…Fun to Say…Cool to Do!”
Private action for the common good.
Giving time, talent and/or treasure for the good of others.
Dear Parents,
Your child will be experiencing the importance of practicing philanthropy throughout the year. Since the concept philanthropy is an abstract term, students will be introduced to it through many opportunities that demonstrate caring and giving.
Our goal by introducing young students to thinking philanthropically is to build a base at an early age so that their awareness will increase and will encourage them to take an active part in their community.
In order to teach children about philanthropy, we need to provide them with examples in their immediate surroundings. For first grade, this would involve the classroom, school, home and parts of the community that are meaningful to them. Since home is an integral part of each student's life, I would like to encourage you to take part in your child's philanthropic experiences by participating in our Philanthropy at Home Project.
The project is set up as the ABCs of Giving in which each student can chose what he or she would like to do as part of the project. There are 26 suggested choices, and I would encourage your child to participate in at least 13 of them. If a better idea comes along, please feel free to share it with me!
Once an act of caring and giving is done, please have your child select a Form of Assessment to evaluate how the act of kindness worked. Please do not use each assessment more than three times, so that we may receive a variety of assessments.
Please keep track of the projects on the supplied pages including the date, type of philanthropic action, and type of assessment your child chose to do.
Please try to have your child do a giving project each week, and return the results at the beginning of each week in his or her Philanthropy Folder. We will then discuss the results with the class.
Thank you for your support, and I am looking forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
(Teacher's Name)
Unit Contents:
Overview:Philanthropy is "Phun" Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- ABCs of Giving (The)
- 2.
- Reach into the 'Caring Container'
- 3.
- Learning the Lingo
- 4.
- Creating a Personal Philanthropy Timeline
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