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The featured folktales explore themes of helping people make judgments of integrity in different situations.
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Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World
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The youth take action by determining ways to reduce their own use of plastic bags and by advocating for ways to reduce the use of plastic bags in their own households, the community, state and nation. To take further action, they may propose ways to influence government officials...
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Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
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5
To identify the qualities students see in effective leaders and create a life-size picture of a good leader emphasizing the body parts that represent those qualities.
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5
Using different approaches, the group develops a working understanding of the definition of philanthropy.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
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Unit: Cultural Competence
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The key to cultural competence is learning about cultures around the world. The book Children Like Me sparks curiosity about different cultures. Youth make a simple keychain to represent the different cultures they can learn about with the key that helps them open doors....
Unit: We ARE the Government
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In this lesson, learners read primary documents that illustrate the motivations of the founding fathers of the United States related to philanthropy (government by the people, advocacy, civil rights, shared power). We have a long history of demanding civil rights for a population that was...
Unit: Grow Involved 9-12
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In this lesson, students define serial reciprocity as "paying it forward." They compare the concept of paying it forward (serial reciprocity) with the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They brainstorm issues and campaigns they can address to make an impact that ripples forward as a result of...
Unit: Tikkun Olam (Private-Religious)
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The purpose of this lesson is to identify the essence of an imperfect world and the rationale for why the world needs improvement.
Unit: Youth Advocacy for Change
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In this lesson, we explore the role of youth in the advancement of human and civil rights. Young people share ideas about how they can promote the common good and lead positive social changes.
Unit: Helping Children Learn
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Learners increase their reading fluency and awareness of philanthropy by reading to younger children.
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