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American Philanthropists
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Strand PHIL.II Philanthropy and Civil Society
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Standard PCS 06. Philanthropy in History
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Benchmark HS.5 Identify positive philanthropic historic acts or events that helped build the community, state, and nation.
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Students will see how American philanthropists have made a difference in making the world a better place.
Duration:
PrintFive to Seven Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- Understand how individual philanthropists have made a positive difference in peoples’ lives.
- Use library and Internet resources to research a philanthropist.
- Identify aspects of a successful multi-media presentation.
- Make a multi-media presentation on a philanthropist of their choice to the class.
Materials:
- Philanthropist List (Handout One)
- Multi-Media Philanthropists Assignment Guide and Rubric (Handout Two)Spanish version (Handout Three)
- Library/Media Center with traditional and electronic resources
- Student Journals
Bibliography:
Helpful Web sites include:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2061556/
http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html
http://www.women-philanthropy.org
Instructions:
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Anticipatory Set: Ask students the essential question: Can one person make a difference in making the world a better place?
Distribute Multi-Media Philanthropist Presentation Guide and Rubric (see Attachment Two).
- Present a sample presentation on a philanthropist and ask students to evaluate the presentation according to the rubric. (This is a good way to show students your expectations.)
- Distribute Philanthropist List (Attachment One). [As an option, the teacher may choose to allow students to conduct their own research and select a philanthropist of their own choice whose name does not come from a list. In such a case, do not distribute Attachment One.] Have students select a philanthropist whom they wish to study closely. This person will be the focus of a presentation to the class. They should choose one or two other classmates with whom they will work. In their journals students should write a brief explanation of why they chose their particular philanthropist.
- Assign students to use library and Internet resources to research their chosen philanthropist.
- Allow time for students to work in their groups to prepare their multi-media presentation. (Library/media specialists should be used here if they are available to help students use the available technology.)
- Have students make their presentations to the class.
- As students are viewing the presentations they should make note of successful aspects of a presentation. Once the presentations are completed, a discussion on what makes a presentation successful, using examples from the students’ presentations, would be meaningful.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on their presentations with the Multi-Media Presentation rubric. They will also be given a short quiz on basic facts regarding the philanthropists who were included in the presentations.