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Learners review healthy eating habits and share their learning to promote a healthier community.
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Unit: Be the Change: Personal Health
Unit: Tote Challenge
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Young people investigate the problems caused by plastic shopping bags, then propose solutions to address the problems. This lesson prompts teams to design a reusable shopping tote out of an old T-shirt using engineering, problem-solving, creativity, and communication. They take action...
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Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 8)
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Learners read about and discuss Fair Trade and how it relates to justice, fairness, and equity.
Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
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To help students understand how nonprofit organizations effectively address issues of poverty, food insecurity, immigration, and disenfranchisement locally and globally. To help students experience and understand how farming works.
Unit: Doodle Stones
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Learners use words to communicate positively and build community. A service project involves writing positive messages on stones and placing them strategically to uplift and beautify.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
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To introduce students to Andrew Carnegie as one of the outstanding early philanthropists of the United States.
Unit: Roots of Philanthropy (Teen)
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This energizer activity provides a fast and fun way to learn about the word philanthropy and its meaning.
"My friends are much more likely to get involved if word gets out that what we are doing is fun. We need to get that message out. We need to be the messengers."
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Unit: Powerful Words Unite Us in Service
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Lead a discussion about the power of words to include, instruct, and inspire action. Participants analyze quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, about being open and inclusive. Design social justice posters to teach others about what they learned.
Unit: Save a Drop For Me
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Clean water is a scarce natural resource because pollution and careless action can make it unusable for consumers. Learners research reliable facts about their local water and propose philanthropic acts to contribute to the common good.
Unit: Our Land
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Motivated by the song "This Land is Your Land," learners locate areas on a U.S. map and discuss the definitions of community, philanthropy, and volunteer. They picture themselves as volunteers, helping others.