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Learners read about and discuss Fair Trade and how it relates to justice, fairness, and equity.
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Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 8)
Unit: Keeping Our Pets Safe in an Emergency
Grades:
3
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5
This lesson is designed to help the learners understand how important it is to be prepared for an emergency situation and how it relates to animal welfare. The learners will use the information gained in this and other lessons to develop a plan of service in response...
Unit: Global Garbage
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Grades:
6
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8
To create empathy and help learners recognize some of the adverse effects of the careless actions of people.
Unit: Oil Changes Everything
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Grades:
6
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8
This lesson will enable the learners to better understand the effects of oil spills on the living organisms in an ecosystem.
Unit: Beneficial Bees
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PreK
K
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5
Students learn about the role of bees as pollinators and learn about reasons their population numbers have been declining in recent years. They write a letter or create a handout to teach others how to help bees through planting native species....
Unit: Helping Refugees
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Grades:
9
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12
Students share what they have learned about refugees and how to help them in a symposium format. Each small group selects a different subtopic related to refugees. They create and present a paper or speech for an event or website. They invite an audience and raise awareness about refugees and...
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Grades:
9
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11
12
In this two-part lesson, students view a film and read about the work of UNHCR with refugees. They complete a worksheet about protection of and support for refugees and then discuss the topics in a fishbowl-style discussion group.
Unit: Rights and Responsibilities
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will examine the connection between the five basic guaranteed rights in the Bill of Rights and their corresponding responsibilities. This lesson will introduce sources of responsibilities and allow students the opportunity to predict...
Unit: Working Animals
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Grades:
3
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As part of a small group, the students select and research a specific working animal. They create an informational presentation (poster or computer software) about their findings. Learners discover the impact that these animals have on the greater good of communities...
Unit: Respecting Diversity: The Road To Tolerance
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will explore historical and existing religious prejudices using a variety of texts and media research instruments. Understanding of religious persecution will be learned through the experiences of Jewish people, gypsies, Catholics and the mentally and physically challenged, leading...