Grades:
3
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5
Students will investigate key local and national nonprofit organizations by researching their histories, services, and target populations.
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Unit: Nonprofits in Our World and Community (3-5)
Unit: Grow Involved K-2
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A read aloud story demonstrates caring and philanthropy related to environmental stewardship and animal welfare.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
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11
12
Sometimes you have to give up what you truly love to get what you really want. That can be a hard lesson when you have almost nothing. This lesson looks at who has the responsibility to be generous and what changes can come about because of one’s generosity.
Unit: Cultural Competence
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One of the keys to unlocking cultural competence is reading diverse books with characters and locations that represent a variety of cultures. In this activity, young people define and discuss the value of representation. They do an audit of a book collection to identify representation and gaps....
Unit: Heroes and Their Impact
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Grades:
3
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Participants identify the attributes of a hero who is acting for the common good. Mother Teresa is a hero for her philanthropic work and character.
Unit: From Struggle to Success
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6
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Students follow the example of philanthropists who impacted their community by cooperating rather than competing. Students identify their own giving passions and cooperate with each other and a community organization to plan a project. Examples of "cooperative philanthropists" are taken from the...
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
To work together, see the big picture, and think about the connection between individuals in the group as students participate in the activity.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
Grades:
5
To accomplish a goal together through the use of teamwork skills, problem solving, risk taking and perseverance.
Turnstile is a problem solving activity that gets many students out of their comfort zone. Although it looks like a simple jump rope activity...
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To reflect on what students learned from this philanthropy class and to gather their feedback on the class experience.
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Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
10
11
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Students prepare a one-minute speech about themselves using an object as a device to share a story and help others remember their name and something about them.
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