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This lesson presents a model of a modern day philanthropist and responsible citizen, Jimmy Carter.
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Unit: The Carter Center and Volunteerism
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Students are introduced to the concept of responsible citizenship and how philanthropy helps achieve responsible citizenship.
Unit: Concepts of Leadership
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To enable students to recognize various roles that an individual leader can take throughout his life.
Unit: Thinking "Glocally" (10th Grade)
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We can address global issues by working for change at both a personal as well as at a local level. The lesson addresses the need to exercise civic responsibility in promoting the common good in order to realize a more civil society.
Unit: Power to Make a Difference (The)
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Learners will develop a working knowledge of the vocabulary associated with philanthropy and awareness of the rich history of philanthropy in the United States.
Unit: Philanthropy in Literature
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Students reflect on reading to identify acts of philanthropy in literature. The teacher poses the question, "Does all literature include examples of philanthropy?"...
Unit: Power to Make a Difference (The): Intro. to Philanthropy Unit (8th)
Grades:
6
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8
Learners will develop a working knowledge of the vocabulary associated with philanthropy and awareness of the rich history of philanthropy in the United States.
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 6)
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6
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Learners recognize that famous philanthropists started with small acts of kindness before they performed the influential acts that we remember them for. Students define caring through discussion of examples and writing an acrostic.
Unit: Philanthropists in Our Midst: Intro. to Philanthropy Unit (9th)
Grades:
9
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Learners will identify qualities that exemplify philanthropists and recognize those qualities in a local philanthropist.
Unit: Philanthropists in Our Midst
Grades:
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Learners will describe the significant impact that philanthropists have made in American civil and political life.