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We define civic virtue and give examples of ways to exhibit civic virtue for the common good. ...
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Unit: Community Philanthropy
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
Grades:
9
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Students explore and demonstrate leadership and service qualities, reflect on the qualities of a leader and create and donate a children's book.
Unit: Animals in Sports and Entertainment
Grades:
6
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8
Discuss and evaluate beliefs and attitudes about the treatment of animals, especially applied to sports and entertainment. We explore how laws and beliefs concerning animal welfare affect personal responses to animal treatment. They will determine how...
Unit: Challenging Social Boundaries
Grades:
9
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From history we know that working in community (not on our own) is the best way to make change. Young people explore the work of nonprofits related to equity and social justice. ...
Unit: Cultural Competence
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In this lesson, we broaden our awareness of different cultures and how they celebrate holidays. An optional service project includes writing letters to request diverse holidays be added to the community calendar, if they aren't already observed.
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Grades:
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Young people view primary documents about leader Ida B. Wells in the late 1800s and identify the fundamental components of philanthropic leadership through difficult times....
Unit: Lesson from Jane (A) (10th Grade)
Grades:
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Students read about Jane Addams whose philanthropy took the form of advocacy and influenced the other economic sectors (government, for-profit or business sector, and households sector) of the American economy/society.
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Unit: Connecting the Links for a Stronger Community (7th Grade)
Grades:
6
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8
Students gain awareness of the work of nonprofits and how they form to address issues that impact the common good. They learn more about one nonprofit and plan voluntary action to support its work through volunteering, donations, or advocacy.
Unit: Power to the People through Action
Grades:
9
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We define the third sector and explain why it is important to minority groups who accessed and used it as an alternative power structure....
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Unit: TeachOne for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Grades:
6
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8
Students use visual literacy skills to analyze the components and message of an image. They listen carefully and seek to understand the different opinions and perspectives of their classmates. The students identify issues that are meaningful to them and create a simple image and text to...