Flood the Park with Color, Big and Little Being Kind, and The Green Team Herd are just a few of the amazing service-learning project stories we highlight on our Trending page.
From the inspiration of the teacher, to the Learning to Give lesson infused, to the way students give time, talent, or treasure to make the world a better place, this is philanthropy education in action!
You don’t have to adopt a new curriculum. Learning to Give's standards-aligned lessons inspire students to use their hearts and minds to impact their community and themselves.
Creative Community with Crayon Collection: In this unit, three lessons stand alone to involve students of different grade levels in a Crayon Collection that reuses crayons to promote art, recycling, and community collaboration.
Students reflect on the value of art in communicating feelings and culture, while taking part in service to the community. They teach an art lesson to young children to encourage self-expression. They plan an environmental service project that puts crayons in the hands of young children.
Students learn about the environmental effect of crayons and their own power to make an impact. Students collect gently used crayons from restaurants and other places in the community.
Students learn about the environmental effect of crayons and their own power to make an impact. Students collect gently used crayons from restaurants and other places in the community.
This unit of four lessons uses stories and video to illustrate the life of refugees. We compare refugees in World War II to refugees today.
#ToteChallenge: Students investigate the problems caused by plastic shopping bags, then propose solutions they can take to address the problems.
Students gain understanding of philanthropy through literature, media and personal experiences. The students create and run a lemonade stand to raise funds for a local non-profit organization.
Students explore bees as pollinators and learn about reasons their population numbers have been declining in recent years. They write a letter or create a handout to teach others how to help bees through planting native species.
