Grades:
6
7
8
Students research and compare statistics of the history of hunger and obesity around the world.
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Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners reflect on the meaning of integrity by analyzing quotes and naming what they are "true to" in themselves.
Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson helps students become more aware of their own values and sense of self by describing themselves and their choices.
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Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners demonstrate understanding of integrity by reflecting and writing in response to quotes or personal experiences related to integrity.
Unit: Phil Up on the Arts
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Grades:
K
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2
Stretching imagination and vocabulary, youth brainstorm words that demonstrate kindness and generosity. Being playful with their postures and shadows, youth work cooperatively with one or two others to act out their ideas and form alphabet letters.
Unit: Living in a Community: Intro. to Philanthropy
Grades:
K
1
2
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: Grow Involved 3-5
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Grades:
3
4
5
Children listen and respond to a biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They discuss the importance of kind acts and service to others. They reflect on a quotation by Dr. King and apply it to their own lives.
Unit: What Is Philanthropy?
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Grades:
3
4
5
Through discussion and response to literature, we define philanthropy as the sharing of time, talent, and treasure for the common good. Participants reflect on the benefit of philanthropy to the giver and receiver.
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Unit: Global Peace and Local Legacies
Grades:
6
7
8
With the Nobel Peace Prize as an example of an award given for improvements to the common good, the young people list descriptors of people and organizations in their community or families who exhibit generosity and promote peace in some form.
Unit: Poetry for the Common Good
Grades:
K
1
2
3
4
5
We find poetry everywhere: lyrics to songs, commercials, and picture books. Poems express strong emotions and observations of relationships with each other and the world. Sharing their poems to communicate care can be an act of generosity.
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