In this two-session lesson plan, students are introduced to the VING video project. They have the opportunity to create a brief video as an application to award someone they admire $1,000 as a needed boost. This lesson guides discussion of why and how to take action for the good of someone in...
Learners explore the contributions and recommendations of Benjamin Franklin as a person who engaged in active citizenship.
To introduce students to fundraising and to guide them as they raise funds that will be used by the class for grantmaking to selected organizations
To have students partner with a nonprofit organization to design and complete a service-learning project for that organization.
In the third trimester of the Urban EdVenture course, students begin work on the final project in collaboration with their homeroom teachers. Each...
Learners recognize the value of nonprofit organizations and identify how nonprofits meet citizen needs when government can't.
Now familiar with how a community foundation serves the community, the learners form a Youth Advisory Committee and use parliamentary procedure to conduct business.