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3
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5
Students will determine how much it will cost to participate in a service project. A budget will be established.
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Unit: Raising Resources
Unit: Animal Shelters
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Grades:
3
4
5
Animal shelters rely on donations from the public to do their important work. Municipal shelters are funded by the municipality but are often underfunded. They often have non-profit arms that are funded by donations. This lesson will explore how these facilities are...
Unit: Common Good in Aztec Culture
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore different forms of sacrifice for the common good and answer the question: When is a sacrifice justified and necessary, and when is it a violation of individual rights? Students write a personal goal to make a small sacrifice for the common good.
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn how poverty and hunger are related....
Unit: Philanthropy in Action
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will look at factors to consider when deciding where to purchase materials for carrying out a philanthropic action which will benefit the community.
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the World (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students assess their personal diets and view pictures of families around the world with the food they eat in a week. Through awareness and discussion, they view cultural and regional differences. They discuss the health, cost, and distribution of food around the world....
Unit: History of Philanthropy
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students explore the history of philanthropic behavior (sharing, community collaboration, service) in ancient cultures and today, as well as compare themes of love and service in different world religion practices. ...
Unit: Encouraging Volunteerism
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
Unit: Money Smart Teens (9-12)
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson teaches and reinforces the “economic way of thinking” along with the personal finance terms: spend, save, invest and donate--in the context of making economic decisions or choices with money. The concepts of philanthropy and contributing to the common good are integrated into the...
Unit: Money Smart Teens (6-8)
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson teaches and reinforces the “economic way of thinking” along with the personal finance terms: spend, save, invest and donate in the context of making economic decisions or choices with money. The concepts of philanthropy and contributing to the common good are integrated into the...