Sometimes you have to give up what you truly love to get what you really want. That can be a hard lesson when you have almost nothing. This lesson looks at who has the responsibility to be generous and what changes can come about because of one’s generosity. 

Learners share what they learned about an environmental issue with the community.

After reading the book The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter children talk about the importance of books to any community. They discuss ways to take action for the good of the community related to literature. 

We define the nonprofit, or third, sector and explain why it is important as an alternative power structure.

Learners will reflect in writing on the role of the common good and honesty when rules are not clearly stated and people have different amounts of power.

Through a discussion of impulse spending and opportunity cost, learners weigh the benefits of careful decisions and perseverance in reaching goals.

The learners break down the steps of decision-making in taking responsibility and apply it to a responsibility that is harder to follow.

Sojourner Truth's contributions to abolitionism and women's suffrage are revealed through her own words. She worked tirelessly to aid the freed men after the Civil War and brought increased recognition to their plight. We discuss the right of all voices to be heard in a democracy and...

Participants learn what it is like to be a refugee through pictures, video, and stories. They build empathy and do an activity that simulates choices refugees must make.

Students read about the Orphan Train and compare and contrast how that philanthropic effort has evolved today.