Grades:
6
7
8
To help students realize their responsibility to contribute to the community in positive ways.To introduce others to the value of the service learning project.
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Unit: Wellspring—An Intergenerational Historical Writing Project
Unit: Private Resources for the Common Good
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners will investigate the roles of contemporary and historic Latino philanthropists. They will look at a creative approach to "capacity building" in Latino organizations as created by the 2003 winners of the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking...
Unit: Be the Change: Violence
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will form a collaborative definition of violence and its causes through discussion and research. They will evaluate the state of social capital of their own community, taking into consideration a variety of factors that contribute to violence or peace....
Unit: We Can All Do Our Share
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will help students recognize heroes within their community. Children quite often revere sports stars and celebrities. But most real heroes are not people of great renown. They live near us. By performing small acts, they win our admiration. Since children imitate what they see and...
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, learners brainstorm the traits of a community of trusted learners, describing what it would look like if students and teachers in a classroom felt a high level of trust with each other. They have the opportunity to rate how their classroom community falls on a trust...
Unit: Philanthropy in History
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Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to point out the character of the people in colonial times.
Unit: Making a Difference in Our Community
Grades:
3
4
5
Two picture books -- The Three Questions by John J. Muth and Have you Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud -- help students reflect on "doing good" for others. Students walk around the school and community to identify some community and school needs. ...
Unit: We are the Positive School Culture
Grades:
6
7
8
Based on the results of the survey, the students determine the top five character traits that need improvement in the school. They design a service plan and make mascots using the engineering design method. The mascots act as advocates for improvement in school climate. This lesson focuses...
Unit: Faces of the Community (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
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.
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Unit: Opening Our Hearts and Hands to Others (Tzedakah)
Grades:
3
4
5
In this lesson, the students are empowered to explore charities related to their own interests and make an impact of their own. Students research different charitable organizations and choose one to represent in a creative way at a tzedakah fair. The students invite family and community...