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Writing letters to government officials is an effective way to take a stand on an issue. Young people use advocacy as a form of service. ...
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Unit: Grow Involved 9-12
Unit: Job Shadowing in the Nonprofit Sector
Grades:
9
10
11
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Students will learn to identify nonprofit organizations within their communities.
Unit: Stitch in Time for the Common Good
Grades:
6
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8
Learners explore the contributions and recommendations of Benjamin Franklin as a person who engaged in active citizenship.
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Unit: Be the Change: Democracy
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Grades:
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Students create a final project tying together their knowledge of voting, rights, laws, and public office.
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Unit: Environmental Groups and the Three Economic Sectors
Grades:
9
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11
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Students investigate and share information about environmental organizations to compare and contrast how the three sectors differ in their purposes, goals and achievements.
Unit: Advise and Consent
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Even the person viewed as the most powerful person in the world does not have unlimited power. Constitutionally, the president of the United States is limited by the "advise and consent" rule (and other checks and balances). The learners look at the importance...
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: Investing In Others (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students construct a simple shelter to gain a sense of empathy for the situation of people who are homeless. They define and learn facts about homelessness.
Unit: Watershed S.O.S. (Saving Our Sources) 6-8
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of the lesson is to educate learners about watersheds, ways in which water pollution occurs, and how important proper use of watersheds is to them. After understanding the importance of the watersheds, they will recognize that wise usage of their local watershed is an example...
Grades:
6
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8
The purpose of the lesson is to learn about the uses of water, the water cycle, and to discuss the importance of water as a nonrenewable resource. A further purpose is to discuss why being good stewards of this resource is acting for the Common Good.