Grades:
6
7
8
Learners demonstrate understanding of integrity by reflecting and writing in response to quotes or personal experience related to integrity....
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Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Unit: Refugees: Finding a Place
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will discuss in what ways the groups Carly met showed a lack of acceptance. They will recall how Carly was treated by the groups she met while searching for safety. The students will observe the LEGO: Spot The Refugee poster and discuss what they see. They will describe the group and...
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will associate a list of vocabulary words with self-discipline. They will use quotations from author Sandra Cisneros to infer concepts of self-discipline....
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Security
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students form groups that have similar interests/issues.Together they evaluate possible solutions based on their research to determine the pros and cons of each solution. Working collaboratively and using a decision-making matrix, they pick one solution as a group to create...
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Unit: Refugees: Finding a Place (K-2)
Grades:
K
1
2
Students sequence the story of Carly. They view the "How Does It Feel?" poster and discuss their interpretation of its message. Students listen and respond to the true story of a reugee girl in the book The Whispering Cloth....
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (3-5)
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: What Is Philanthropy?
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Grades:
3
4
5
Through discussion and response to literature, we define philanthropy as the sharing of time, talent, and treasure for the common good. Participants reflect on the benefit of philanthropy to the giver and receiver....
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Unit: Sensitive Side of Philanthropy (The)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will further develop the definition of philanthropy as it relates to characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. This lesson will focus on differences in characters within the novel and the sensitivity, as seen in specific actions, which enables the characters to participate in...
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Production
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson consists of research and project-work days. Students will work through the various worksheets in their groups, developing their projects while relying on what they learned in previous sessions. They use a decision matrix and work collaboratively to fine-tune their...
Unit: Philanthropy's Role in a Democratic Society
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will discuss important writings in the American philanthropic tradition.