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This lesson introduces the definition of philanthropy and its importance to and effects on the community.
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Unit: Foundations and You
Unit: Money Smart Children
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K
1
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Students will compare two very different approaches to money—saving for a special purchase and spending money thoughtlessly without a budget, or spending plan. The students will relate this to their own views of money and broaden their understanding of having financial goals. ...
Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
Grades:
9
10
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Students examine their preconceptions about homelessness and build understanding of homelessness.
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (3-5)
Grades:
3
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5
Students recognize examples of food waste and understand that waste has an impact beyond themselves. They learn that many people in the world do not have the choice of what to eat due to food insecurity. They read about a girl in Uganda whose hungry family received the gift of a goat through...
Grades:
3
4
5
Students identify the USDA food guide as a source for guidelines about eating a nutritionally balanced diet. They identify foods and categorize them by food group in a game. My Plate and the guidelines were designed for consumers of food in the United States and might not be an appropriate guide...
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Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the World (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students examine ways to address the issue of food insecurity related to their interests and understanding. They brainstorm service projects and use a decision-making model to choose a project. They implement their service project and reflect on their action.
Unit: Welcome Home
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Grades:
6
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8
Students learn about the Habitat for Humanity ReStore as a community resource for affordable housing materials for building and home repair. Students use comparison shopping skills and plan a service project that addresses a need in their community.
Unit: Resolving Conflict with Respect
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K
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5
In civil society, different people come together to form community. While differences may cause conflict, for the sake of the common good, we practice empathy and respect for others. We use literature to talk about how people from different perspectives see the same thing. We discuss how to...
Unit: Opening Our Hearts and Hands to Others (Tzedakah)
Grades:
3
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5
Using texts and experiential learning experiences, this lesson emphasizes the reasons why giving tzedakah, or charity, is a fundamental concept in Judaism.
Unit: Inquiring Minds: News and Philanthropy
Grades:
3
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5
Students have been looking for acts of philanthropy in the newspaper and in literature. In this lesson, they focus on finding (and performing) acts of philanthropy in the school and local community. They write newspaper-style articles about the acts of philanthropy that they observe or perform....