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This activity will help youth realize the ways that writing has served as an historical tool, and to understand that through writing individuals have captured and preserved history.
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Unit: Intergenerational Writing Project
Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
Grades:
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This lesson gives an overview of the nineteenth century Industrial Revolution, and the major changes to how people live and work. Young people learn about the key inventions and changes that shifted focus from people and their skills to big machines and systems of mass production. The systems...
Unit: Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions (9-12)
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Students will determine how they can be most effective in sharing their newly acquired financial expertise, and will be mentored and guided as they propose, plan, problem solve, and implement a service project that address promoting financial literacy and responsible use of credit amongst peers...
Unit: Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions (6-8)
Grades:
6
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8
Students will determine how they can be most effective in sharing their newly acquired financial expertise, and will be mentored and guided as they propose, plan, problem solve, and implement a service project that address promoting financial literacy and responsible use of credit amongst peers...
Unit: Global Garbage
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The purpose of this lesson is to have learners explore and implement ways they can contribute to protecting the natural environment. ...
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
Grades:
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Students discuss biases and recognize that we all have biases, but we aren't always aware of them. Since people have different experiences, we all develop different biases. Students learn that a bias can create an unfair situation....
Unit: It's Up to Whom? You! (12th Grade)
Grades:
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Students define philanthropy and identify past and present volunteers in their communities and/or world. They explore the risks (opportunity costs) as well as the merits of volunteering for the common good and a more civil society.
Unit: One Person's Trash
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The learners will choose and develop a neighborhood clean-up project.
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
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Students explore and demonstrate leadership and service qualities, reflect on the qualities of a leader and create and donate a children's book.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
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The learners explore folktales related to forgiveness. They investigate how compassion is interrelated with forgiveness, and describe challenges to real forgiveness.