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.

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.

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...

To bring awareness to the importance of partnerships between nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government agencies and how they can work together.

Students learn about the history of foundations and the role individuals played in their development.

Students will pantomime a book; identify the themes of community, caring and sharing; describe the advantages of cooperation for the common good; and describe how the characters’ experiences are alike and different from their own experiences.

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...

Students will recognize the importance of philanthropic organizations by using timelines to match historical events to events in philanthropy.

This interdisciplinary unit involves working with staff to plan an evening fundraising meal and with the art teacher to create clay bowls. There are many "empty bowls" within a community, and students get involved in planning and advertising for a dinner to fill them for one night. ...