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This lesson illustrates the value of art and artists to a community and shows that art is maintained through philanthropy.
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Unit: Powerful Words Can Warm the Heart
Unit: What Goes Around, Comes Around!
Grades:
3
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Artists contribute to the common good by sharing their talents. The nonprofit sector supports artists with funding, museums, and attention or education. We learn how artists' work is supported by philanthropy and nonproft organizations that assure we have access to art. Young...
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
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Learners reflect on a role-play scenario demonstrating fair and unfair decision-making techniques. They identify behaviors that promote or create barriers to making decisions. A Dr. Seuss book provides a discussion starter.
Unit: Three Chinese Stories
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Based on the book The Runaway Rice Cake, the group writes a familiar story from a different perspective. The moral of the story is that when the character gives generously and from the heart, the giver is also rewarded in some way.
Unit: Philanthropic Literature
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Fables teach lessons or morals through animal actions. The exaggerated human-like characteristics of animals make the moral lesson appealing. The story of the "Lion and the Mouse" illustrates that a kind deed is never wasted.
Unit: Power and Race in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Grades:
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Readers examine the lasting effects of power, privilege, and discrimination on communities.
Unit: Roots of Philanthropy (Elementary)
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Youth Activity: Participants will discover that sharing and trust are important parts of philanthropic action. See the handout for supplemental faith-based discussion questions.
“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” ~Julia Alvaraz
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Unit: Healthy Food Choices
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Students learn about food choices as needs or wants. They read a book and discuss healthy choices. They discuss why is not always good to have everything you want. They discuss the foods we need to have healthy bodies and minds. Students create healthy food choice plates and share them to...
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Unit: Grow Involved 6-8
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Grades:
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In this lesson, youth discuss the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and especially focus on his ethic of service.
Unit: Civic Virtue in Modern American Democracy
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The learners analyze examples from history of civic virtue and then select the characteristics they believe are most important for enduring citizen engagement.