Learners read about and discuss Fair Trade and how it relates to justice, fairness, and equity.

Participants define philanthropy as givng time, talent or treasure and taking action for the common good. They identify philanthropy in a read-aloud story and the regional news.

The learners build on their understanding, seeking actual facts and statistics about homelessness locally and nationally.

Learners write an acrostic poem about Dr. King's life and work, focusing particularly on his perseverance. 

In this lesson, groups work together to make their headdresses based on a common design. Each person makes their own headdress that fits the group theme but has their own style or cultural uniqueness. The groups compete against each other, so the group...

To bring members of the local and school community together to showcase what the students learned while taking the class. 

Young people learn about philanthropy through the book Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen and a visit from a nonprofit representative.

Learners use a decision-making model to identify the issues they feel most concerned about. With those in mind, they explore how perseverance and doing their personal best are more effective ways to address needs than looking at the short term.

Many people have a difficult time distinguishing between acts of kindness and acts of philanthropy. Using the definition of philanthropy from the “Defining Philanthropy” lesson, youth will examine various situations and decide which ones are acts of philanthropy. They may discover...

To introduce students to Andrew Carnegie as one of the outstanding early philanthropists of the United States.