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Learners will develop an understanding of the differences between the secular concepts of charity and philanthropy and the Jewish concept of tzedakah.
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Unit: Sacred Giving (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
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This third lesson on integrity focuses on Frederik de Klerk as an example of integrity.
Unit: Global Education: Why Learn? (K-2)
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Children hear a true story about a woman who performs a brave act for the common good. They identify the benefit the whole community shared and define philanthropy and common good.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 6)
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Students brainstorm ways to build capital in a trust bank account. They read and discuss a Celtic folktale and discuss the role of communication in building trust.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
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To explore many differing views on well-intended philanthropy with students. Review some of the dangers of philanthropy such as inappropriate intervention, inappropriate verbiage, and naiveté. ...
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Unit: Real Heroes
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Introduces students to "philanthropy" as an important aspect of their community's development and helps them recognize the relationship between community need and private action.
Unit: Writers as Activists
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Students will summarize the words of Rachel Carson and describe the impact one woman writer had on the world and our environment by reading Part I of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Al Gore's 1994 introduction to the latest printing of the book....
Unit: Philanthropy in History
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Students will create a web that incorporates the values that were discussed in the reading of Our Journey West.
Unit: New Philanthropy--A Hands-On Way of Giving (The)
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Learners will understand the meaning of the term "philanthropy" and the qualities that philanthropists share, especially good character and personal virtue.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
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6
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Students look for examples of personal best in a movie about perseverance and discuss the value of working toward personal best even when it is difficult.