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Grades:
K
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2
Young people play with other children, showing that trust, collaboration, and thinking of the good of all are part of fun group activities.
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Unit: Our Playful Community
Unit: Building a Community Garden Santuary
Grades:
3
4
5
Participants define what they want to accomplish for the community garden and identify a place that is available and has the right conditions. This requires research and permissions.
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Unit: Cultural Competence
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Grades:
1
2
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Expanding on the lesson about critical conversations, participants explore ways to use their voices for good. The book Say Something by Peter Reynolds encourages readers to find their own way to express their voice - through speaking, poetry, song, and other ways.
Unit: Nonprofits are Necessary (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will describe how local nonprofits help the community.
Unit: Walk a Mile in My Moccasins
Grades:
6
7
8
Using words of Native Peoples, youth explore examples of the philanthropic attitudes and traditions.
Unit: Helping Children Learn
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Grades:
6
7
8
Learners increase their reading fluency and awareness of philanthropy by reading to younger children.
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Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students conduct and evaluate their service project, then celebrate their success. After the service project, invite guests, volunteers, community members, and other students to celebrate with the class.
Unit: Bully-Free Zone
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Grades:
3
4
5
The learners reflect on a literature book written from the viewpoint of someone who used to bully others, Confessions of a Former Bully. They analyze the data collected from their survey to determine how bullying behavior affects their school. They learn that addressing...
Unit: TeachOne: Words Bring Peace
Grades:
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
In this lesson, students learn that we all have ideas and talents to make the world a better place. This is an opportunity to demonstrate and feel the impact of kindness, inclusion, and listening on a caring community. Students learn from a community helper about the needs they observe in the...
Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
6
7
8
For students to choose a cause to which they have a personal connection and write letters to advocate for change.
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