Unit:
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Raise the learners' awareness of responsible energy usage in their daily practice and global energy choices. They connect environmental stewardship to the use of renewable and non-renewable energy sources.
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Unit: Responsible Energy Use
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, learners brainstorm honesty and its value and benefits to the community, family, friends, and self.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
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.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Through a discussion of impulse spending and opportunity cost, learners weigh the benefits of careful decisions and perseverance in reaching goals.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners discuss what it means to do their personal best. They find, through a simple physical activity, that they can do a good job in something, but they still have more talent and drive to do better if they persevere. They recognize that perseverance can help them do their personal best...
Unit: Drumming from the Heart
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
The purpose of this lesson is to have the children identify the value of the gifts in the folktale "The Drum." They brainstorm gifts they have to give (time, talent, and treasure) and the value these gifts may have to others.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners define the meaning of impartial and connect it to fairness through the use of a Frayer model graphic organizer.
Unit: Be the Change: Personal Health
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners review healthy eating habits and share their learning to promote a healthier community.
Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
Grades:
6
7
8
Students read about the Orphan Train and compare and contrast how that philanthropic effort has evolved today.
Unit:
Grades:
9
10
11
12
We look at two examples of art connecting diverse people. The first example is a man who connects people around the world by dancing badly and capturing cultural expressions of dance and community. The second example is an artist who leaves free paintings around Boston (and then around the world...