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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.
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Unit: Raising Resources
Unit: Helping Children Learn
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
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: Superheroes as Philanthropists
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will recognize the aspects of the hero/superhero in themselves, take action on a social issue about which they care deeply, and reflect on that experience through writing.
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: 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: 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: From Struggle to Success
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Students use pre-writing activities to learn about personal memoir. They 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...
Unit: Art for the Common Good—Junkanoo!
Grades:
6
7
8
Groups work together to draw a final draft of their headdress design. Students reflect on the idea of factions forming in a community, like a classroom.