It is time to plan for youth learning and action around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This national day of service, January 18, 2021, offers an opportunity to listen and learn from history and exercise our own power to give. These lessons and activities explore words of inclusion and positive actions for the future.
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.
Analyze quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr, about being loving and inclusive. Design posters to encourage action and diverse community building.
Lead a discussion about the power of words to include, instruct, and inspire action. Participants analyze quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, about being open and inclusive. Design social justice posters to teach others about what they learned.
Through this activity participants will become aware of their own feelings about others, and the racial, cultural and socio-economic biases in society today. Participants will analyze their own feelings in light of this awareness.
In this lesson, learners read primary documents that illustrate the motivations of the founding fathers of the United States.
Literature and primary documents help youth understand the role of the Constitution for the United States.
Students read about Rosa Parks and evaluate how her protest of an unjust and unfair situation was philanthropic in nature.
Learners define justice, kindness, peace, and tolerance and describe the importance of these attributes of a civil society. They look for examples in the media and brainstorm how they can promote these attributes in their school, community, and the world.
The learners will view works of art that advocate for social change. They will recognize that art can influence social change. The learners will select an issue of human rights and create a work of art that represents the issue.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore the contributions artists make for the common good. We learn how their work is supported by philanthropy and nonproft organizations that assure we have access to art.
The purpose of this lesson is to show that artists are a valuable part of a community and to explore how they contribute to the public good.
Everyone has something to give, and every act of generosity and empathy matters in making the community we want to live in.
Learning to Give provides free materials and support for educators, youth leaders, and families to help youth develop generosity and practice service for their ongoing roles in community.
