Grades:
3
4
5
Students will interview a representative from a local nonprofit organization and share the learned information with the class.
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Unit: Nonprofits in Our World and Community (3-5)
Unit: The Important Thing About Reading
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners plan and carry out a book drive to benefit children in their community who may not have access to many books at home.
Unit: Investing In Others
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Grades:
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
The youth reflect on basic needs that may be difficult to meet when one doesn’t have a home. They take action by creating personal hygiene kits or asking a local nonprofit how they can help support their efforts to assist people who are homeless.
Unit: Animals in Sports and Entertainment
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners identify ways to use advocacy to promote change.
Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners build on their understanding, seeking actual facts and statistics about homelessness locally and nationally.
Unit: Rights and Responsibilities
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson clarifies that true rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Participants discuss the importance of protecting these rights, and if and when it is ever appropriate to limit rights. We learn that one role of nonprofits is to preserve and promote guaranteed rights.
Unit: We Are Divine Creations (Tolerance) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
6
7
8
It is obvious that our bodies require proper nutrition. It is less obvious that our souls and imaginations require sustenance as well. This lesson is intended as nutrition for the spirit. It is intended to demonstrate ways that people utilize their time, their talent and their treasure to...
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Unit: Advocacy-Getting the Job Done
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Young people identify an animal welfare organization to research, and then develop a plan to help persuade others to take up the cause(s) of this group using an advocacy type of their choice.
Unit: Road Less Traveled
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
We compare and contrast the beliefs of the three cultures explored in lessons 1-4 to one's own family traditions - similarities and differences.
Unit: Tzedakah: How Can We Help? (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will raise awareness of what constitutes a nutritious meal as well as the price of a healthy meal. Students will learn that some people lack the funds to pay for nutritious meals. It will also motivate the students to raise money to pay for meals