Grades:
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Practice making a decision using principles of majority rule and minority rights.
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Unit: Majority Rule; Minority Rights
Unit: My Water, Your Water, Our Water
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the importance of the Great Lakes, their respective ecosystems, and citizen responsibility to protect the waterways.
Unit: Truth, Trash and Treasure
Grades:
6
7
8
Can a young person truly make a difference in our world? Learners will carry out an act of philanthropy by cleaning up a park. Learners will reflect on their experience and, through the use of literature, understand the importance of philanthropy, thus realizing that one person, a young adult,...
Unit: Welcome to Our School - A Transition from Elementary to Middle School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students review the five parts of a friendly letter and then write a letter welcoming incoming students. The purpose of the letter is to help the fifth grader transition into middle school. The new students will come prepared with helpful suggestions, inside information, and a buddy in an older...
Unit: Communities in Crisis (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of this lesson is to illustrate philanthropic acts of individuals in response to crises during the Holocaust, specifically the Warsaw Ghetto. Learners will apply strategies of philanthropy to current issues of human rights abuses. Learners will identify philanthropic themes of...
Unit: Communities in Crisis (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is to connect philanthropic acts of individuals to crises during the Holocaust, specifically the Warsaw Ghetto. Learners will apply strategies of philanthropy to current issues of human rights abuses. Learners will identify philanthropic themes of community building....
Unit: How Prophet-able Are You?
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will recognize persons who might be considered modern day prophets or advocates for social justice and explain how they have made considerable contributions toward the common good.
Unit: Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior - His Life, His Legacy
Grades:
K
1
2
Should skin color matter? In this lesson, students discover that our skin color comes in many shades. Students analyze the importance of physical characteristics and characteristics of character. They discover that although our skin color and other attributes make us unique, we are alike in many...
Unit: Volunteering as Good Work
Grades:
K
1
2
Students become familiar with the motivation of volunteers through interviewing some of the school volunteers.
Unit: From Struggle to Success
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn from examples of people who have experienced a struggle and used surrounding resources to make something better for themselves and the people around them. Examples of "servant leadership" are taken from the Our State of Generosity...