Grades:
9
10
11
12
Play a fast-paced game to practice saying names. Discuss the importance of using names.
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Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Unit: Writers as Activists
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will recognize the linguistic strategies that Alice Walker uses in her introduction to Anything You Love Can Be Saved that persuade readers to believe in her causes, and thus begin to think about techniques that they can use in their own activist writing, which they will do in...
Unit: Road Less Traveled
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Grades:
6
7
8
Participants read about the philanthropic traditions of early African-American culture and place the values of giving in a hierarchy circle.
Unit: What Is a Youth Advisory Committee?
Grades:
3
4
5
Using provided evaluation or reflection forms, share details about the service and its impact. A demonstration to an interested audience is a great way to show details of the need and service and celebrate relationships and impact.
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson the learners discuss a quote about gratitude and consider the relationship between caring and gratitude.
Unit: Traditions
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Grades:
3
4
5
Participants use langauge and art to illustrate the vocabulary of philanthropy and the importance of the tradition of philanthropy to the community.
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Unit: Living In a Community
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Grades:
K
1
2
The children select a service project based on interests and abilities, and community needs. They plan and carry out the project. Some community projects may include fixing up a park, helping at the library, helping a neighbor, building bird houses for the nature center, and making banners...
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners play a game that helps them identify qualities in others that make them trustworthy.
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
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Grades:
3
4
5
After learning about the definition of respect toward self and others, we explore the idea of respect for property or the environment.
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners read about the actions and projects of people their age who stick their necks out for the sake of others.