Grades:
6
7
8
Students use standard software as they develop, research, and present a project related to community nonprofits.
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Unit: Technology and Community Service Course at the Pingry School
Unit: Real Heroes
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Grades:
3
4
5
Introduces the term philanthropy (private action for the common good) and helps students recognize the relationship between community need and private action. Students will learn the meaning of philanthropy and ways in which it occurs in the home, at school, and in the...
Unit: Philanthropy in Action
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will teach students the role of a community foundation, explain that it is a part of the third sector of the American economic system, and extend the possibility that a foundation may fund a student project to benefit the community.
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
To teach students that giving and sharing time, talent or treasure for the common good of their community is philanthropy.
Unit: Getting to Know the Community
Grades:
6
7
8
To create an awareness of the businesses within a community and their purposes.
Unit: Your Place in the Community
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The lesson purpose is to have learners identify individual, family, peer and community needs through collecting, analyzing and evaluating data. The class will produce a community needs map based on their group evaluations and align it to a list of community service sites and locations. They will...
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will identify elements of their own beliefs and values, establish how their personal system of values and beliefs developed and establish connections to community values and beliefs. Learners' understanding of their value systems may then be applied to develop understanding the...
Unit: Our Playful Community
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Grades:
K
1
2
As the students learn about communities, their neighborhood becomes a broader picture for them to think about as a place where they are a member and can make a difference. Learning that the community is diverse is important The lesson will introduce some community helpers in whom the learners can...
Unit: Community Helpers—Mail and Meals
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson is intended for use in the "Community Helpers" unit. For this lesson, the role of a community helper from the governmental sector, the mail carrier, is explored. Students will evaluate the importance of an efficient movement of products and ideas in the community....
Unit: Buzzing is BEE-lieving
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students reflect on the importance of being respectful and feeling respected in the classroom community and through involvement in the larger community.