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Through a fable, learners discuss how generosity improves the quality of life in their communities.
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Unit: Encouraging Community Engagement
Unit: Phil Up on the Arts
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K
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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: The Important Thing About Reading
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Learners plan and carry out a book drive to benefit children in their community who may not have access to many books at home.
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
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6
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Students explore how charity and philanthropy address hunger and poverty.
Unit: TeachOne Back to School
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Learners research the environmental effect of crayons and their own power to make an impact. They collect gently used crayons from restaurants and other places in the community. They sort them by color, repackage them for re-use, add a kind note, and donate the new packages where they...
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to a significant community donor and to learn about various motives for giving, a vision for philanthropy, and why and how young people should learn philanthropy.
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Unit: Bully-Free Zone
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The learners reflect on a literature book written from the viewpoint of someone who used to bully others, Confessions of a Former Bully. They analyze the data collected from their survey to determine how bullying behavior affects their school. They learn that addressing...
Unit: Philanthropy—Essential to a Democratic Society
Grades:
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Learners are introduced to the concept of philanthropy, as giving time, talent, or treasure and taking action for the common good. They evaluate the role of philanthropy in the smooth functioning of government, and describe the role of families in shaping...
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Young people learn about people and children who are homeless and make bedtime bags for children in shelters as their service project.
"I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody." - Lily Tomlin
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Unit: Those Who Care
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Grades:
6
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The lesson provides learners with an opportunity to explore ways to become a hero for animals by promoting animal welfare and humane treatment of animals. Learners identify a local, state, national or international animal welfare cause and develop a personal service/advocacy plan, using the...