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3
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This lesson illustrates the value of art and artists to a community and shows that art is maintained through philanthropy.
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Unit: Powerful Words Can Warm the Heart
Unit: Encouraging Community Engagement
Grades:
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Learners use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To help students understand the legal aspects of a 501(c)(3) organization and how they differ from other organizations.
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Unit: Living in a Community: Intro. to Philanthropy
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K
1
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The children learn that even young people can be philanthropists. Philanthropy is giving time, talent, treasure for the good of the community.
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Unit: Power to the People through Action
Grades:
9
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Participants cite philanthropic historical events on a timeline. They focus on events in which the nonprofit sector was used to make positive changes in society.
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Grades:
9
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Participants research leaders who used the nonprofit sector as an alternative power structure to make positive changes in society. They will identify the Core Democratic Values that each leader focused on.
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Unit: Surviving the Depression
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Grades:
9
10
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Using primary source images and interviews, participants learn about life and economics during the Great Depression and how different sectors of society contributed to bringing the country out of this dark period.
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Unit: Courage of the Heart
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Grades:
6
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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: One Person's Trash
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Grades:
6
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8
The learners identify a common area where trash accumulates and plan a clean-up project.
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Unit: Watershed S.O.S.
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Grades:
6
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8
The purpose of the lesson is to educate learners about watersheds, ways in which water pollution occurs, and how important proper use of watersheds is to them. After understanding the importance of the watersheds, they will recognize that wise usage of their local watershed is an example...
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