Grades:
9
10
11
12
To introduce students to the procedures of interviewing others and creating their own newspaper.
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Unit: Opportunities in Philanthropy
Unit: Respecting Diversity: The Road To Tolerance
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will explore historical and existing religious prejudices using a variety of texts and media research instruments. Understanding of religious persecution will be learned through the experiences of Jewish people, gypsies, Catholics and the mentally and physically challenged, leading...
Unit: Our Constitutional Connection
Grades:
3
4
5
Literature and primary documents help students understand the role of the Constitution for the United States. Students understand the three branches of government described in the first three articles. Students will then use the Internet to research their state officials and will design a...
Unit: All for One
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson, learners will research and evaluate both personal and community strategies for creating a more respectful, inclusive school community, and present recommendations to the school board and administration. Learners will also examine the role of language in fostering inclusion and...
Unit: Herstory in History
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Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson the students will use the data collected from their surveys in Lesson Four: Bullying and Core Democratic Values on bullying in their school. They will analyze the information and take a position on whether or not bullying violates core...
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Grades:
6
7
8
The learners will explain that bullying violates a persons core democratic values. Students will take action on the issue of bullying by taking surveys of various groups and sharing the results and their possible solutions with others.
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To develop the course’s vehicle for grantmaking funds to be secured and accessed by students and to identify partners (inside the school and out) that will assist with the success of a Hands On Philanthropy course.
This lesson covers the groundwork for the creation of the...
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Unit: Advise and Consent
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students will survey members of the community (school or local area) to determine a need, write proposals to satisfy the need, consider doing an optional one-day fundraiser to help fill that need, serve on a board of directors or a youth advisory committee to...
Unit: PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Nonprofit organizations contribute to the common good and social capital of the community by supporting the arts. Students role-play as members of the board of a philanthropic organization focused on the arts. They create a plan to bring the arts to the children of the community, enhancing the...
Unit: Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger
Grades:
K
1
2
Students collect donations, continue to motivate and inspire the other classes, and share information about the organization and how the money collected will be used. The students sort and count the money and chart the collections by classroom and by day or week. The teacher creates graphs from...