Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to a significant community donor and to learn about various motives for giving, a vision for philanthropy, and why and how young people should learn philanthropy. ...
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Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Unit: Buzzing is BEE-lieving
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students build a positive relationship with a group of people outside the classroom (retirement community, hospital, daycare facility, another classroom, etc.) through performance and discussion about "believing in yourself."
Unit: Mighty Pens: Writers for Positive Change
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson teaches students how to journal about their own experiences and feelings. It is intended to be taught in conjunction with a student project of civic engagement or service. The project provides content and a context for journaling about personal experience.
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Unit: Refugees: Real People, Real Stories, Real Life
Grades:
6
7
8
Through pictures, provocative questions, group discussion, and video, students explore what a refugee is, what his or her life is like, and how people can help them feel welcome and get the tools they need to survive in a new home.
Unit: Sharing with Others (Private-Religious)
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson emphasizes the importance of doing your share of the work. Students listen to a story that illustrates this point and contribute their effort in a cooperative baking project.
Unit: Using and Abusing Credit
Unit:
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce learners to the complex economic world of credit and credit cards. The learners will identify the uses as well as the abuses of credit and credit cards, and explore ways to effectively utilize them so that they will be better able to spend, save, invest...
Unit: Save a Drop For Me
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will analyze what it takes to participate in a volunteer experience that benefits the community, select a project, participate in it, reflect on the experience and assess its benefits both for themselves and for the common good.
Unit: Philanthropy is "Phun"
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
The purpose of this lesson is to practice philanthropic acts at home.
Unit: This Land Is Our Land - Flourish or Perish?
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will describe the essential elements of life and democracy. They will explain that without the proper materials, plants are unable to grow and thrive; without an active citizenry, democracy cannot grow and prosper.
Unit: Building a Mini-Park and Bird Sanctuary
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will observe that all soil is not of the correct composition for growing plants desirable for the garden. Garden size and geographic orientation will be determined.