Students experience empathy for people who are homeless by listening to a song and completing the “I Am’ poem assignment.
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Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Students will research a food program and write an essay.
Students identify emergency food assistance programs and stereotypes surrounding hunger.
Students explore the effects of hunger and its role in the lives of children.
Students learn how poverty and hunger are related.
Students explore how charity and philanthropy address hunger and poverty.
Unit: Friends Helping Friends to Prevent Bullying
Learners role-play responses to bullying behavior and start to brainstorm ways to promote kind behaviors at school and decrease bullying behaviors.
Unit: Community Health and Safety
The group collaborates to plan, carry out, and reflect on an authentic service project that meets the health and safety needs of the community. This is based on the needs assessment conducted through surveying community members in previous lessons.
Unit: You Are Uniquely You
We learn a little history of the painters Van Gogh and Gauguin who were driven by a need to give of themselves to others through art. Participants study the techniques and draw their own portraits. They make a gift of the portrait to someone.
Unit: Nonprofits and Careers
Learners identify and investigate local and national nonprofit organizations by researching their histories, services, and target populations, as well as job opportunities using the Idealist.org web site.