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6
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8
The learners investigate their perceptions about bullying and its relationship to respect. They brainstorm ways to promote respect of self and others as individuals and as a group.
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Unit: Character Education: Respect (Grade 7)
Unit: Exploring the Timeline of US Philanthropy
Grades:
6
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12
Explore the role of philanthropy in responding to emergencies, specifically personal and group efforts to support communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unit: The Power of Children
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Grades:
6
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Students evaluate their learning about philanthropy and the process of selecting a service-learning project. They write a guided reflection on their experience.
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Unit: Global Education: Equity
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6
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Youth explore the effects on themselves, the community, and the world if the government failed to provide U.S. children with an education.
Unit: Majority Rule Minority Rights
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Practice making a decision using principles of majority rule and minority rights.
Unit: Animals in Sports and Entertainment
Grades:
6
7
8
Discuss and evaluate personal beliefs and attitudes about the treatment of animals, especially applied to sports and entertainment. We explore how laws and beliefs concerning animal welfare affect personal responses to animal treatment.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, learners discuss different types of lies and rate them in their severity and damage to others.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners read a brief description of the tough choice Frederik de Klerk faced as a leader in South Africa. They look at the strength needed to act with integrity when the pressure tells us to conform.
Unit: Sharing and Caring Across Generations
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K
1
2
Through multiple visits to a retirement home, letter writing, or by inviting seniors to an event, children learn effective communication, sensitivity to people of different generations, and shared experiences while learning about the common good and stewardship.
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
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Grades:
3
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5
We all want our schools and other places we gather to feel safe, a place we all can be ourselves. In this lesson, we explore how respecting ourselves and others can promote an inclusive and safe community of belonging.