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K
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2
Learners will discover the definition of trust in an interactive way.
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Unit: How the Cookie Crumbles
Unit: Using Our Talents for the Common Good
Grades:
K
1
2
Students will listen to a grant-making foundation representative and complete a grant request form.
Unit: Nonprofits in Our World and Community (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will investigate key local and national nonprofit organizations by researching their histories, services, and target populations.
Unit: Power to Make a Difference (The): Intro. to Philanthropy Unit (8th)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will develop a working knowledge of the vocabulary associated with philanthropy and awareness of the rich history of philanthropy in the United States.
Unit: Let's Make Lemonade
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will give the students a working definition of philanthropy through the use of song. The students will sing the definition of philanthropy to a familiar tune.
Unit: Philanthropy, Volunteering and Service: The Historical Connections
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will develop understanding of philanthropy through definition and actions. Activities for students to get to know themselves and their classmates, utilizing concepts of philanthropy, will provide learners with meaningful opportunities for later service learning projects.
Unit: Giving from the Heart
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Grades:
K
1
2
Through performing a short play based on the book Quiltmaker’s Gift, the students will understand the idea of using the Arts to do something for the common good....
Unit: Writers as Activists
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will identify causes that they care about and use writing as a tool to make a difference, using the persuasive writing techniques that they identified in previous lessons, by either writing to a lawmaker or a letter to the editor of a newspaper.
Unit: Philanthropic Movements in the United States to 1900
Grades:
6
7
8
Using literature and research, learners will identify acts of philanthropy that occurred during the Civil War era.
Unit: Grow Involved 9-12
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson, students define "pay it forward" and watch a movie (or movie clips) from the movie Pay it Forward. They compare the concept of paying it forward (serial reciprocity) with the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. Then they brainstorm issues and campaigns they can address to...