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Learners identify the issues related to trash and litter and determine each person's role and responsibility for environmental stewardship.
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Unit: Litter and Environmental Stewardship (8th Grade)
Unit: Disaster Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (9-12)
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Learners research a natural disaster and the role of the four economic sectors in responding to the needs. They participate in a donation campaign or other service project and learn about organizations to which they can contribute their philanthropy....
Unit: No Boundaries
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We're all the same in one basic way: We all want other people to understand us. In this lesson, youth learn about needs of differently abled children in their school or community and take a step toward removing barriers. They use the persuasive power of communication to raise awareness of ways to understand and show respect for people with disabilities through a service project.
Unit: Rights and Responsibilities
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This lesson will emphasize the importance of voluntary action for the common welfare based upon student understanding of one's rights and the corresponding responsibility to protect them.
Unit: Roots of Philanthropy (Teen)
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Youth Activity: Youth explore the meaning of "common good," which is part of the definition of philanthropy.
"A community is only as good as its most unhealthy part." - anonymous
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Unit: Foundations: Unit Two of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
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Students learn about the different types of foundations and how they differ from other nonprofits. They collaborate to explore what needs their own foundation will address.
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Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
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This lesson explores how people can be honest with themselves. Students reflect on how they can be honest with themselves and take personal responsibility.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
Grades:
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Students review the Civil Rights work of Martin Luther King, Jr. as discussed in Lesson One. They create an acrostic about his life and work. Then students identify his goals and relate goals to perseverance.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 6)
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Students examine their family trust relationships and connect their experiences with the trust bank account. They brainstorm things their family depends on them for and decide if they feel trustworthy at home....
Unit: Global Garbage
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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce learners to concepts related to trash removal, as well as to evaluate statistics regarding the production and removal of trash products.