Grades:
3
4
5
A youth from a Community Foundation Youth Advisory Committee speaks to the group about the program, their duties, and the process of applying for a grant to do service work.
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Unit: What Is a Youth Advisory Committee?
Unit: Phil Up on the Arts
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Grades:
K
1
2
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.
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Grades:
K
1
2
The young people create a video by compiling recordings of the songs and acting they did as a group to communicate the meaning of acting for the common good. They share their video with a local hospital, retirement community, or preschool as entertainment.
Unit: Intergenerational Writing Project
Grades:
6
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Youth will experience the pride of producing a finished book. They will realize the value of their contribution to the community. Finally, they will celebrate the hard work and efforts that made their project possible.
Unit: Pitch In Philanthropic Puppet Project
Grades:
3
4
5
Young people perform their puppet plays in order to teach others about environmental issues. They reflect on this project by writing an answer to some essential questions of the unit: What does it mean to be a philanthropist? What does it mean to be an environmentalist?
Unit: Let's Make Lemonade
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Grades:
K
1
2
We define the vocabulary in the definition of philanthropy through an original song with a familiar tune.
Unit: Rights and Responsibilities
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson examines the connections between the five basic guaranteed rights in the Bill of Rights and their corresponding responsibilities. Participants explore the natual consequences of fulfilling, or not fulfilling, responsibilities connected to their rights.
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
We investigate and expand our understanding of caring and determine things or people we care about.
Unit: Climate Change Challenge
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Grades:
9
10
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Youth research current data and stories about climate change and ways to reverse the damage caused by human activity. Through discussion and research, they establish things they can do personally and as a team as environmental stewards.
Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners define courage and describe the identity of someone with courage. They describe courage with words that show what it is and what it isn't.