Students will recognize philanthropy in literature in a historical setting....
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Unit: Philanthropy in Literature
Unit: Faces of the Community (The)
The students examine the motivations and work of the painters Van Gogh and Gauguin who were driven by a need to benefit society through art. The students learn how artwork portrays ethnicity and then draw their own portraits to create a display of the diverse faces of the community.
...Unit: Rules for the Common Good
Students will develop a set of rules that could be used in the classroom.
Unit: Majority Rule; Minority Rights
Unit: Poetry of Giving (The)
The purpose of the lesson is to show students how the poetic conventions of rhythm, rhyme, refrain, alliteration and onomatopoeia create the sounds of poetry. Students will use poetry to learn about a humanitarian who began a nonprofit organization with world-wide consequences.
Unit: Philanthropy—Essential to a Democratic Society
Learners will recognize the value of nonprofit organizations and identify how nonprofits meet citizen needs when government can't.
Unit: Philanthropy is "Phun"
The purpose of this lesson is to practice philanthropic acts at home.
Unit: Role of Philanthropy in an Ever Changing World (The)
Students will learn how to participate in a needs assessment for their local community.
The learner will experience the process of identifying needs of the community and making decisions based on the urgency of those needs. They will also experience the planning process that occurs when developing steps to alleviate the need....
Unit: Phil's Community Connections
Students will research some local community organizations to better understand the real application of the terms "philanthropy" and "hero."