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Students examine their preconceptions about homelessness and build understanding of homelessness.
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Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
Unit: Welcome Home
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Grades:
6
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Students learn about the Habitat for Humanity ReStore as a community resource for affordable housing materials for building and home repair. Students use comparison shopping skills and plan a service project that addresses a need in their community.
Unit: My Healthy Plate
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Grades:
3
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This lesson introduces children to the reality of childhood hunger in their region. Students learn the difference between companies that are for profit and nonprofit and the types of work they do. Students also identify wants and needs.
Unit: The Joy of a Garden (3rd Grade)
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3
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5
Through literature, students see a garden as a place where an individual can go for inner peace and solitude. They show environmental responsibility by sharing a garden within a community.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
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11
12
Purpose: To share with students how a successful local nonprofit was formed and how laws have been changed as a result of its advocacy work. In the case of Road Safe America, the nonprofit's advocacy work affected laws dealing with the trucking industry.
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Unit: Be the Change: Personal Health
Grades:
9
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Students look at the role exercise plays in overall health. They make a plan to engage younger children in more active play and exercise....
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Security
Grades:
6
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8
Learners evaluate the effectiveness of their solution and service-learning project, including individual and group processes and learnings. They reflect individually and in groups, and celebrate their success.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
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Even the smallest things, when shared, can be examples of philanthropy. In the folktale, "A Drum," a poor boy gives away his meager possessions when the need arises and receives a great gift in the end. The question of one’s being naturally generous is discussed. In the Palestinian folktale, "Ma...
Unit: Can You Lend Me a Hand? (Kindergarten)
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K
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Students will listen and respond to the story of The Little Red Hen. They identify personal actions that make a community stronger and better for all.
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (K-2)
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K
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Children explore what it means to be responsible in school and in the community as a responsible citizen. They take action as responsible citizens to make the community healthier. ...