Grades:
K
1
2
Students will be able to define volunteerism and distinguish between volunteer and non-volunteer jobs in the school.
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Unit: Volunteering as Good Work
Unit: Raising Resources
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Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to have students describe the planning process of setting up a service project.
Unit: Using Our Talents for the Common Good
Grades:
K
1
2
Students will see an example of philanthropy in Native American culture in literature. They will then analyze their own special gifts or talents and determine how the family can gain from them.
Unit: Helping Children Learn
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Grades:
6
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8
Learners will actively help younger children write and edit their own pattern books. They will determine the value of their service learning project to the betterment of the community.
Unit: Do Not Stand Idly By (Private-Religious)
Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson emphasizes that each individual must take action. After reflecting upon all that they learned earlier in the unit, students will have the opportunity to plan and execute a tikkun olam project of their choosing to help the local community.
Unit: Catch Her If You Can! (2nd Grade)
Grades:
K
1
2
Learners will illustrate how Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a motivator, both as an athlete and a philanthropist. She demonstrated acts of kindness for the common good through building youth centers across the nation.
Unit: Sharing Compliments (1st Grade)
Grades:
K
1
2
Students learn of the life and actions taken by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote civil rights. Students give examples of Dr. King acting as a philanthropist, encouraging the children to think of
...Unit: Living History-An Intergenerational Philanthropy Project
Grades:
3
4
5
In this lesson the students prepare for their visit to the retirement home. First the students create and use a personal timeline and questionnaire to write their autobiographies to be used as the author page in the Living History Book. The class will work together to come up with questions to...
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
To accomplish a goal together through the use of teamwork skills, problem solving, risk taking and perseverance.
Turnstile is a problem solving activity that gets many students out of their comfort zone. Although it looks like a simple jump rope activity...
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To bring awareness to the importance of partnerships between nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government agencies and how they can work together.
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