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Grades:
K
1
2
The students listen and respond to a story about caring and philanthropy related to environmental stewardship and animal welfare.
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Unit: Grow Involved K-2
Unit: "Antsy" for Others
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
How can we gain a better understanding and respect for ourselves and others? Through the use of music and movement, children will enhance and promote self-respect and respect for others.
Unit: Give It Back from a Snack
Grades:
K
1
2
In this lesson, students design a poster advertising the snack sale and its philanthropic purpose. They also write friendly letters seeking the help of volunteers.
Unit: What Does It Take?
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students will become aware of current issues in politics as well as the points of view of the candidates in regard to civic virtue and the creation of a civil society.
Unit: Pilgrim's Progress
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students explore the definition of community as a group coming together for the common good. Students work cooperatively to form rules and compare their rules to the compact made by the Pilgrims before they left the boat.
Unit: Why Do People Give?
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Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson introduces the concepts of supporting the arts and artists “giving back.” This lesson also introduces the concept of serial reciprocity—when someone does something kind for you, you pass on an act of kindness to someone else.
Unit: Volunteering as Good Work
Grades:
K
1
2
Students become familiar with the motivation of volunteers through interviewing some of the school volunteers.
Unit: Civic Virtue in Modern American Democracy
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will learn to identify factual information from objective sources and to use that information to support their own points of view and refute the arguments of an opposing point of view.
Unit: Common Good in Aztec Culture
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, the students read about some of the religious practices of the Aztec Empire and discuss the practice of human sacrifice to appease the gods. Students discuss the concept of sacrifice for the common good and debate how far we go in sacrificing for the common good.
Unit: Global Peace and Local Legacies
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will understand the impact that philanthropy has worldwide both locally and worldwide. The final experiential component will have students celebrating the good works of local philanthropists (Champions for the Common Good), and engaging in philanthropic activities themselves by planning...