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Wealth may be measured in something other than money. We may feel wealthy if we have a loving family or good health. Community wealth may be in relationships, respectful leaders, and good places to visit.
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Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
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When life is at its most difficult and grief is great, a generous sacrifice can move the spirit toward life again. In these folktales, two Inuits face death with a truly generous spirit.
Unit: Growing an Environmental Steward
Grades:
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Young people research the ecosystems around their own homes, school, and community, so they can be better informed stewards about conservation.
Unit: Cartoons of a Civil Society
Grades:
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Reviewing current political cartoons related to justice, equity, and racism, learners identify how language and humor act as a form of social action. They create their own cartoons or statement promoting or showing the damage of one of these themes.
Unit: Courage of the Heart
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Young people use their voice to speak up for injustice and take action for the common good.
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Unit: Cultural Competence
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Youth reflect on the lessons they have learned through building cultural competence in this unit. They identify an adult they trust to have critical, or difficult, conversations.
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
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We work on communication and listening skills while designing and building simple objects. This helps us think about the power of words and how difficult it can be to get a message across to another person without it being lost in translation.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
Unit: Rights and Responsibilities
Grades:
6
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This lesson examines the connections between the five basic guaranteed rights in the Bill of Rights and their corresponding responsibilities. Participants explore the natual consequences of fulfilling, or not fulfilling, responsibilities connected to their rights.
Unit: Investing In Others
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Learners discuss the word homeless and how it is used in a sentence (as adjective and noun). After reading an article about homelessness by Anna Quindlen, they discuss a respectful way to use the language that describes a group of people who are vulnerable...
Unit: Animals in Sports and Entertainment
Grades:
6
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Learners identify ways to use advocacy to promote change.