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Students learn about the philanthropic work of Jane Addams.
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Unit: Social Reformer—Jane Addams
Unit: Living History-An Intergenerational Philanthropy Project
Grades:
3
4
5
In this lesson the students prepare for their visit to the retirement home. First the students create and use a personal timeline and questionnaire to write their autobiographies to be used as the author page in the Living History Book. The class will work together to come up with questions to...
Unit: Role of Philanthropy in an Ever Changing World (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
To increase students' understanding of philanthropy by tracing the origin and history of a nonprofit organization.
Unit: Philanthropy is "Phun"
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Grades:
K
1
2
To provide an opportunity to create a timeline for use in future lessons related to philanthropy.
Unit: Philanthropy in History
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Grades:
3
4
5
Students will create a web that incorporates the values that were discussed in the reading of Our Journey West.
Unit: What a Wonderful World—Changes Through Time
Grades:
3
4
5
Students recognize that babies come into the world with unknown potential. Babies born today grow up to "know a different world" than the elderly people students met in the previous lesson. Students look at the known and unknown parts of a timeline.
Unit: Diverse Voices-African American Ventures
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will recognize that philanthropy is a vital part of the African American History through the roles individuals played in the Underground Railroad.
Unit: Communities in Crisis (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is to connect philanthropic acts of individuals to crises during the Holocaust, specifically the Warsaw Ghetto. Learners will apply strategies of philanthropy to current issues of human rights abuses. Learners will identify philanthropic themes of community building....
Unit: Rivers for the Common Good
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners will study the impact of humans on the environment of a river valley over time and recognize stewardship and the common good in a real life example.
Unit: For Goodness Sake, Why Don't We Give More Power to the People?
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will cite philanthropic historical events and place them on a timeline. They will focus on events in which the nonprofit sector was used to make positive changes in society.