Students edit their memoir drafts, adding dialogue and figurative language in this guided writing session. This lesson will help students realize that struggles they experience in their lives often lead to a new understanding or lesson learned. Students will reflect on how their experience...
Students learn from examples of people who have experienced a struggle and used surrounding resources to make something better for themselves and the people around them. Examples of "servant leadership" are taken from the Our State of Generosity...
Students examine their personal healthy habits and their school (and neighborhood) environments to collect information about nutrition and fitness in the community. Students consider what changes they can make to the school or...
In three scenarios that challenge one's integrity, the young people discuss and provide rationale for their decision-making.
Using realistic scenarios to spark discussion, the learners discuss the importance and strategies of following through on responsibilities.
Students experience empathy for people who are homeless by listening to a song and completing the “I Am’ poem assignment.
Students explore the effects of hunger and its role in the lives of children.
To introduce students to organizations that focus on international and global problems, rather than local or national concerns.
Note: This specific lesson involves CARE, an international organization located in Atlanta where the Philanthropy 101 course was developed. We encourage...
To introduce students to the concept of philanthropy and have them begin thinking about how they can be intentional about their giving of money and time. Students explore issues and identify an issue about which they are passionate; they get to know different types of nonprofit...
An annual speaker introduces students to those in the greater community who are recognized for their philanthropic contributions to society.