Grades:
11
12
To create student awareness about philanthropy in daily life throughout the world using a variety of topics and sources.
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Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Unit: Investing In Others (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
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: Investing In Others (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students explore the benefits and costs of credit and using a credit card. The group will explore the following question: As consumers, how might the choices we make affect global poverty?...
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students explore the benefits and costs of credit and using a credit card. They role-play a shopping trip and come up with arguments for and against buying something they want but do not need. They examine how their personal choices affect other people. The group will explore the following...
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Unit: Opening Our Hearts and Hands to Others (Tzedakah)
Grades:
3
4
5
Using texts and experiential learning experiences, this lesson emphasizes the reasons why giving tzedakah, or charity, is a fundamental concept in Judaism.
Unit: Animals in Sports and Entertainment
Grades:
6
7
8
Participants explore how animals are used in sports and entertainment. They will explore the concepts of animal welfare and animal cruelty, and how they relate to the manner in which animals are trained and treated. The learners will explore, formulate, and articulate...
Unit: Investing In Others (K-2)
Grades:
K
1
2
Children compare wants and needs and create a collage of wants and needs. Students clarify their understanding and interpretation of wants and needs as they compare their wants and needs with others in the room and in the world. They respond to the story
...Unit: Worthless to Priceless: It's all Relative
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students respond to the South Asian Indian folktale "The Drum" and explore the concept of capital as it applies to traditional economic systems and trade economies. Students contrast trade without money (bartering goods and services) to giving and volunteering. Students work in...
Unit: Out on a Limb (6th Grade)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students review the role trees play in providing a healthy environment and their role and responsibility to protect trees. The Tree City USA designation provides framework and rationale for student discussions about what they can do.
Unit: Using and Abusing Credit
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners will understand the ways in which money can be utilized: Spend, Save, Invest, and Donate, and come to an understanding of the importance of sound financial planning so as to avoid unnecessary short falls, huge debt, and bad credit ratings.