Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners will become aware of human need brought about by natural disasters and will compare domestic experiences with parallel events on the other side of the world.
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Unit: Hurricane Katrina / Great Hanshin-Awaji Disaster Collaboration
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to organizations that focus on international and global problems, rather than local or national concerns.
Note: This specific lesson involves CARE, an international organization located in Atlanta where the Philanthropy 101 course was developed. We encourage...
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Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Through text, students will examine Lorenzo de Zavala's responsibilities in his early and later life.
Unit: Newborn and Child Survival (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson introduces the health workers who are saving children's lives across the world. Students learn what types of preventable diseases threaten babies and children and what the workers do. Students work in small groups to research and report on statistics about five featured countries....
Unit: Role of Philanthropy in an Ever Changing World (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
For students to examine the role a selected philanthropic organization plays in a current event situation.
Unit: New Philanthropy—A Hands-On Way of Giving (The): Intro. to Philanthropy Unit (10th)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will understand the meaning of “philanthropy,” associated concepts, and the qualities that philanthropists share, especially those qualities of character and personal virtue.
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Unit: Respecting the Environment (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will teach the basic Biblical laws of Tza’ar Ba’alei Chaim (the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) the rationale that supports these laws, and practical applications of these laws in today’s world. The learner will participate in a class project aimed to assist community...
Unit: Public Display of Art (PDA)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners will explore the impact of and responses to the February 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. They will explore alternative ways to respond in a nonviolent way and learn how acting philanthropically will often produce positive results even out of tragedy.
Unit: Advocacy-Getting the Job Done
Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson the learners will identify several advocacy strategies and draw conclusions as to their effectiveness. They will identify local, state, and/or national concerns for animal welfare that call for advocacy intervention and determine what a successful...
Unit: Poetry of Giving
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Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of the lesson is to show students how the poetic conventions of rhythm, rhyme, refrain, alliteration and onomatopoeia create the sounds of poetry. Students will use poetry to learn about a humanitarian who began a nonprofit organization with world-wide consequences.