Learning to Give, Curriculum Division of The LEAGUE
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Unit Overview:
Unit Purpose:
Unit Objectives:
The learners will:
- define and effectively demonstrate vocabulary of the lessons.
- identify various groups who have historically struggled to win the right to be heard.
- identify acts of philanthropy in the struggle against prejudice and persecution.
- identify and recognize prejudices, discrimination and stereotyping in history, society, community, school and literature.
- identify how prejudice denies human dignity and has historically fostered persecution.
- compare and contrast the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions, and complete a Venn diagram illustrating their likenesses and differences.
- analyze the elements of prejudice and attitudes that led to the Holocaust.
- identify ways in which individuals aided Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe.
- discuss the shared experience of discrimination as it pertains to all types of prejudice.
- discuss the events of September 11 as a catalyst fostering fear and hatred of Muslims in America and abroad.
- design and implement a service activity, i.e. showcases, bulletin boards to enhance school community awareness of and appreciation for religious diversity.
Service Experience:
Learners will prepare multiple displays for the school community, demonstrating the diversity and commonalities shared by the three major religious groups.
Unit Assessment:
The assessment should provide the teacher with feedback concerning how well the learner understands the stated lesson objectives. It may include such items as evaluations of student work and/or performance, traditional tests, teacher observation, scoring guides, test answer guides and rubrics. One part of the assessment should include student self-evaluation through reflection.
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Each learner will write a journal entry daily discussing what he or she has learned from this lesson. The entry must have the following elements:
A daily record of activities in complete sentences
A self assessment of the learner's activities for the day
Each entry must have one reflective sentence about their feelings on their research and/or their attitudes. - Instructor-devised instruments to measure content
- Evaluation of each group presentation
- See Lesson One: What is Prejudice? for Paragraph Rubric
Instructor observations
Successful completion of Venn Diagram (Attachment One: Religions of Our Diverse Community from Lesson Three: Religious Prejudice)
School/Home Connection:
- Interactive Parent / Student Homework:
Lesson One: Have the learners ask their parent/guardian to share with them any instance they know of that would demonstrate bias, racism, prejudice or stereotype. Have the students write these examples on a sheet of paper, in complete sentences, to bring into class to share.
State Curriculum and Philanthropy Theme Frameworks:
See individual lessons for benchmark detail.
Lessons Developed and Piloted By:
Margaret Balyeat
Benton Harbor Area Schools
Creative Arts Academy
885 N. Shore Drive
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
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