Grades:
3
4
5
Students explore the ways people around the world earn and spend money. They brainstorm possible careers and graph their personal interests on a class graph....
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Unit: Investing In Others (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students learn four choices they can make with money and compare this to how they spend their time. They recognize that volunteering requires freedom of choice....
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To give students time to reflect on the course of study each week and to encourage them to begin thinking of how to best make a monetary donation to an effective organization.
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Unit: Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger
Grades:
K
1
2
In this the lesson the students learn basic facts about nutrition. They design "Stop Hunger Buckets" for the purpose of collecting coins to donate to a nonprofit organization. They create posters to inform other students about hunger and the fundraising campaign. The students write journal ...
Unit: Cultural Diversity in Service
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Using the radio broadcast "This I Believe" as a model, students create visual or audio statements of their beliefs about volunteering and serving. Each presentation communicates the culture, experiences, and motivations that influence the learner's attitude about service. After presenting their...
Unit: Challenging Social Boundaries
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will define stereotype, discrimination and prejudice. They will brainstorm a social action plan to heal racism.
Unit: Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior - His Life, His Legacy
Grades:
K
1
2
Should skin color matter? In this lesson, students discover that our skin color comes in many shades. Students analyze the importance of physical characteristics and characteristics of character. They discover that although our skin color and other attributes make us unique, we are alike in many...
Unit: Respecting Diversity: The Road To Tolerance
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will focus on recognizing and examining learners perceptions of others, differences and prejudices. Prejudice is a learned behavior with fear and lack of knowledge at its root. Learners will discover how prejudices are learned and will be able to demonstrate how prejudice endangers...
Unit: Rivers for the Common Good
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners will develop a graphic way of visualizing the concept of a million by utilizing what had happened to the Nashua River due to the dumping of raw sewage in 1962. In the first class period, the learners will be introduced to the concept of a million by creating containers that will hold a...
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students engage in a variety of activities to define community. Students investigate the responsibilities that come with being a citizen of the community....