Introduce the folksinger, Woody Guthrie, and his legendary song This Land Is Your Land. Talk about ways we are generous for the good of others. This can be by lifting someone's spirits or taking care of the land we all share. 

Students learn how and challenge others to reduce waste based on observing habits in the lunchroom or in the classroom trash can.

Adapt this one-period lesson plan for your grade level and follow it with a simple and powerful service project...

To introduce students to the differences between businesses and nonprofit organizations and key terms used in each sector.

The learners will be introduced to philanthropy and be able to generate examples of various ways the community is impacted, either by individuals, families or community organizations.

Participants learn about the scientific contributions of African American inventors and scientists today and in the past.

This lesson introduces the characteristics of fairy tales as a genre. The children explore positive and negative character traits and universal themes in the story of Cinderella. The service plan is introduced in this lesson and carried out over the next weeks.

In this lesson young people learn about the tools of advocacy for the common good. They investigate the characteristics of advocates and develop their own personal advocacy style.

Students will examine the role and impact of nonprofit organizations within their community and prepare to interview representatives.

Young people will take turns, show respect for the work of others, and cooperatively build a project.

We define the vocabulary in the definition of philanthropy through an original song with a familiar tune.