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Students will be taking the role of city planners and will design a sound community by addressing land use and opportunity costs.
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Unit: Quiet Contamination of Our Waters
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Students learn about the toxic ingredients in personal care products and take action to protect local waterways from the effects of the chemicals.
Adapt this one-period lesson plan for any grade level and follow it with a simple and powerful service project. The reflection...
Unit: Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions (9-12)
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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce middle school learners to the complex economic world of responsible credit use, including installment credit and credit cards. The learners will identify the uses as well as the abuses of various forms of credit, including installment loans and credit...
Unit: Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions (6-8)
Grades:
6
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The purpose of this lesson is to introduce middle school learners to the complex economic world of responsible credit use, including installment credit and credit cards. The learners will identify the uses as well as the abuses of various forms of credit, including installment loans and credit...
Unit: Investing In Others (3-5)
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Students compare how they spend their time to how Alexander from Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday spent his money. They discuss positive incentives for donating money and make a plan....
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Production
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The class spends three days exploring world hunger, food insecurity, nutrition, and the process of farm to table food production. This guides them toward their group projects.
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Unit: Give It Back from a Snack
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K
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Students will learn and practice manipulating money values. The class will set a budget plan and purchase ingredients for a class snack.
Unit: Selfless Sam (2nd Grade)
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This lesson introduces the students to concepts about homelessness, hunger and philanthropy. The students will listen to a story about a Chinese boy who chooses to give his precious four dollars (“lucky money”) to a homeless man, setting the tone for initial discussions about selflessness, and...
Unit: Common Good in Aztec Culture
Grades:
6
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In this lesson, the students read about some of the religious practices of the Aztec Empire and discuss the practice of human sacrifice to appease the gods. Students discuss the concept of sacrifice for the common good and debate how far we go in sacrificing for the common good.
Unit: Philanthropy in History
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Students will study the lives of those who contributed to the advancement of democracy or the common good.