Grades:
3
4
5
Students explore the issue of education as a right that not everyone has access to. Students plan and complete a service project to help expand access to education around the world.
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Unit: Global Education: Why Learn? (3-5)
Unit: Take a Stand on Bullying
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Grades:
6
7
8
In the first lesson of this three-lesson unit, the students define bullying and identify the effects of bullying behavior on the individuals involved and the larger community. The students create a survey or use another method to collect and report on the perceived status of bullying behavior at...
Unit: Our Air: The Quest for Quality
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will have an opportunity to investigate the multi-faceted concern of air pollution. While researching individually, learners will then share findings to broaden their knowledge base and clarify problems for concern. The learners will also analyze perspectives of involved groups who are...
Unit: It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest
Grades:
6
7
8
Working with current statistics, youth articulate the repercussions of rainforest destruction and how this destruction may personally affect them if deforestation continues at its present pace....
Unit: Endangered Species--It's Not Too Late
Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to help learners identify an animal species in danger of becoming extinct and to involve them in a fund-raising project to "adopt" this endangered species.
Unit: Growing Our Future
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Grades:
K
1
2
In response to reading The Lorax, participants identify what trees give to us and all sectors of society. In response, we identify our personal responsibility for caring for trees.
Unit: Earth Keepers
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson introduces learners to our global community. Learners see how they depend on the earth and the earth depends on them. Since we share the earth with many other people, we have a responsibility (for the good of all) to be good...
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students participate in a trash clean-up and analyze the issue of pollution due to trash, especially plastics. They discuss who should be responsible for preventing or cleaning up pollution - government, business, charitable organizations, and/or individuals....
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Unit: Philanthropy and You
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Grades:
3
4
5
An introduction to the term philanthropy using examples from a book and in everyday situations....
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
The teacher poses several questions to spark conversation and critical thinking about the meaning of fairness. Students work together to create a definition of fairness.