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K
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2
The young people reflect upon themselves as community members and use descriptive language to give themselves meaningful names.
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Unit: Selflessness in Community
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
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The featured folktales explore themes of helping people make judgments of integrity in different situations.
Unit: Friends Helping Friends to Prevent Bullying
Grades:
K
1
2
Learners take action for the common good to promote kindness in their school. They give smiley stickers to others or create posters to display around school with messages that promote kindness or teach people how to respond to bullying behavior.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to Andrew Carnegie as one of the outstanding early philanthropists of the United States.
Unit: Music of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968
Grades:
6
7
8
"Freedom songs" were an important motivating force during the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968. Through music we explore the important figures in the Civil Rights Movement and their contribution to the common good.
Unit: Global Education: Equity
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Grades:
6
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11
12
Young people learn about global efforts for universal mandatory education and equity for girls in school.
Unit: Personal Giving Mission Statement
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners look at nonprofit mission statements and then create a personal mission statement related to the impact they want to make as responsible, engaged citizens.
Focus Question: How does an individual use personal interests and strengths to impact the common good?
Unit: Teaching Tolerance (Private-Religious)
Grades:
3
4
5
Using a traditional Jewish text as its basis, this lesson emphasizes the importance of sharing in a relationship.
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Unit: Our Constitutional Connection
Grades:
3
4
5
Three amendments to the Constitution extended voting rights to more citizens. Look at the language of these amendments and the effectiveness of everyone actually getting the vote. Youth discuss the purpose of voting, and they take action to make a difference, such as by making ...
Unit: Tikkun Olam (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Having gained an understanding of the need for the world to be fixed, the learners will now identify specific social problems and create projects and programs to help fix them.