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The purpose of this lesson is to explore the causes and effects of global warming and to discuss possible solutions.
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Unit: The Heat Is On: A Unit Concerning Global Warming
Unit: Worthless to Priceless: It's all Relative
Grades:
6
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8
In this lesson, students explore the relative value of items to recognize that what is not valuable to them might be valued by someone else. They collect data related to the traded items in the South Asian Indian folktale "The Drum." They calculate means and averages and create line graphs, stem...
Unit: Civic Environmentalist: Rachel Carson (12th Grade)
Grades:
9
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Students learn about the impact one woman had on the world and our environment. Rachel Carson's advocacy is an example for them of how they can become civic environmentalists.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
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8
Learners read about and discuss Fair Trade and how it relates to justice, fairness, and equity.
Unit: Philanthropy, Volunteering and Service: The Historical Connections
Grades:
9
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Learners will explore the human need for food and how it relates to hunger in the community and the world. Learners will propose alternative solutions through historical cases and current programs within their community. Learners will develop an awareness of and sensitivity to hunger issues in...
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students recognize examples of food waste and understand that waste has an impact beyond themselves. They learn that many people in the world do not have the choice of what to eat due to food insecurity. They read about a girl in Uganda whose hungry family received the gift of a goat through...
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Production
Grades:
6
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8
The class spends three days exploring world hunger, food insecurity, nutrition, and the process of farm to table food production. This guides them toward their group projects.
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Unit: Powerful Words Can Warm the Heart
Grades:
3
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5
The purpose of this lesson is to show that artists are a valuable part of a community and to explore how they contribute to the public good.
Unit: What Goes Around, Comes Around!
Grades:
3
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The purpose of this lesson is to explore the contributions artists make for the common good. We learn how their work is supported by philanthropy and nonproft organizations that assure we have access to art. Students may create art in the form or poetry or a picture to...
Unit: Singing a Song of Community
Grades:
3
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The book When Marian Sang inspires listeners about Marian Anderson's historic performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 and her struggles as an African American artist. They learn through experience how the concept of serial reciprocity influences the common good.