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Students will recognize they can make a difference toward the betterment of a civil society.
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Unit: We Are One World
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students will examine examples of discrimination, prejudice, and bias in countries around the world.
Unit: Affirmative Action
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Grades:
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Using the Internet, learners examine primary source documents introducing the historic origins and Constitutional background of affirmative action.
Unit: We the Kids - The Three Branches and Me
Grades:
3
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After comparing and contrasting different cartoons, the learner uses cartooning as a means of public voice about political and social issues. Students create cartoons with their own social or political messages.
Unit: Public Display of Art (PDA)
Grades:
9
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The purpose of this lesson is for learners to advocate for tolerance through painting. Learners create thoughtful painting that reflects their personal beliefs and values following their exposure to and the examining of some of the positive results that have been ...
Unit: Worthless to Priceless: It's all Relative
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students explore the relative value of items to recognize that what is not valuable to them might be valued by someone else. They collect data related to the traded items in the South Asian Indian folktale "The Drum." They calculate means and averages and create line graphs, stem...
Unit: How About a Hand?
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Students participate in a shared-reading experience of a literature book that illustrates the importance of feeling like an important member of the community within a family. In this story, the middle child feels left out. The child tries to get attention by being...
Unit: Valuing Community
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Grades:
9
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Learners will define community, analyze it according to the five themes of geography, and share ideas to make an impact on their community....
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Unit: Philanthropists in Our Midst
Grades:
9
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Learners will describe the significant impact that philanthropists have made in American civil and political life.
Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
Grades:
6
7
8
Students examine the intent and reality of the orphan train and discuss whether it was an effective solution to child homelessness. They write and speak about the traits of someone who takes action for others and civil society. ...