In this lesson, young people create story scripts from the research and facts collected in Lesson One: Digging Up the Facts. The scripts include setting, one character per child, problem, solution, and a beginning, middle and end. Young people edit and...
Young people explore what it means to be an environmentalist. They work in small groups to research the facts and possible solultions related to an environmental issue. The ultimate goal of the unit is to empower young people to share their knowledge (talent) and make others aware of...
Artists contribute to the common good by sharing their talents. The nonprofit sector supports artists with funding, museums, and attention or education. We learn how artists' work is supported by philanthropy and nonproft organizations that assure we have access to art. Young...
Students experience working and unemployment through a very simplified role play.
Students identify emergency food assistance programs and stereotypes surrounding hunger.
Students explore how charity and philanthropy address hunger and poverty.
The groups wear their headdresses and perform a Junkanoo-like parade first internally and then to entertain a group that needs cheering or to teach about cooperation and respect for cultural expressions.
Create a past, present, and future timeline of personal philanthropy.
Young people explore the impact of their own actions on their environment and develop a deeper understanding of what it means to be an environmental steward.
In this lesson the learners define respect and relate it to the core values and beliefs of a constitutional democracy.