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Grades:
3
4
5
To help students recognize distinctions between heroes and celebrities.
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Unit: Real Heroes
Unit:
Grades:
3
4
5
To show students how one person's action for the common good can affect an entire community. To make students aware of philanthropic activities in their own community.
Unit: We Can All Do Our Share
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will help students recognize heroes within their community. Children quite often revere sports stars and celebrities. But most real heroes are not people of great renown. They live near us. By performing small acts, they win our admiration. Since children imitate what they see and...
Unit: What Does It Take?
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will become aware of women and minority figures who have made a difference in a civil society.
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will become aware of historic figures who have made a difference in our civil society.
Unit: Heroism In Literature
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Through reading the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, students will continue to investigate how present-day definitions of heroism have been influenced by cultural heritage and identify philanthropy themes intrinsic in their reading....
Unit: Advisory—A Call to Action
Grades:
6
7
8
Groups will collaborate to identify significant events and organizations in American history that involve philanthropy and share their findings with other student groups within the school.
Unit: Launching Your Ship with Citizenship
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will describe how the electoral process functions during an election and analyze the importance of volunteering to participate in the electoral process.
Unit: Souperservice Kids
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
Students will think of ways that they can be (or have been) philanthropists. A puppet or doll tells about going to a soup kitchen and gets the students excited about providing food for a soup kitchen. A variety of multidisciplinary centers focus on soup kitchens. At the end of the lesson,...
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students learn about communicating honestly. They explore different ways communication can be changed through interpretation and intentionally misleading.