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6
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8
The learners will trace how executive power is derived and used in this country, and evaluate its potential for influencing change in the nation.
Focus Question: How can our voice be used to make communities stronger?
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Unit: Executive Branch—Gifts to the Future (The) (6-8)
Unit: Water Resources and the Role of the Independent Sector
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of this lesson is to assist students in identifying ways the different sectors have demonstrated community stewardship through philanthropy.
Unit: It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners identify ways for individuals, nonprofits, and governments to take action against excessive destruction of the rainforests of the world. ...
Unit: Respecting the Environment (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will teach learners G-d’s appreciation for trees and the importance of planting and preserving trees for our future. The learners will identify these concepts in Biblical verses, Talmudic passages and modern Jewish associations. They will also develop an understand of and an...
Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson is designed to enlarge students' thinking about the famous suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Although she is best known for this role, she was active in six different causes as an abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights...
Unit: Public Display of Art (PDA)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is for learners to advocate for tolerance through painting. Learners create thoughtful painting that reflects their personal beliefs and values following their exposure to and the examining of some of the positive results that have been ...
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students analyze survey results, choose a community health need, and design a service project to address it.
Unit: ECHO, ECHO, ECHO—Each Can Help Others
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will use persuasive speech techniques to encourage philanthropy in others.
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students explore identity traits through some reflection and discussion activities. They discuss how a community is strengthened by similarities and differences among them. Each student writes a biographical poem using the provided template and their discussion notes.
Unit: The Carter Center and Volunteerism
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson presents a model of a modern day philanthropist and responsible citizen, Jimmy Carter.