Grades:
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To help students understand how to use their voices to advocate for causes about which they care. ...
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Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To create multi-media iBooks with PSAs (public service announcements) that explore and raise awareness about (local or global) issues (such as homelessness, water pollution, education, or hunger) that can be addressed by philanthropy....
Unit: Heroism In Literature
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will be provided the opportunity to reflect cognitively and effectively upon concepts acquired during the first three lessons by producing a manual of service opportunities within their community. Increasing individual student awareness of...
Unit: Working Animals
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Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson is designed to help the learners understand that animals and humans can work together as a team. Many animals perform tasks that are vital to our existence and/or enhance the quality of life (enhance the common good). Many animals meet specific needs...
Unit: Your Place in the Community
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will identify elements of their own beliefs and values, establish how their personal system of values and beliefs developed and establish connections to community values and beliefs. Learners' understanding of their value systems may then be applied to develop understanding the...
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore the concept of the media’s impact on our healthy body image. They create advertisements that celebrate different bodies’ shapes and sizes and positive messages about healthy choices.
Unit: Impact of Giving
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K
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In this one period lesson, learners investigate local and global hunger issues, and learn about nonprofits in the community. Through interviews, research, and videos, students create visual representations of facts and issues related to hunger. Students examine root causes...
Unit: Global Peace and Local Legacies
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson students will research the stories of individuals (motivations, background, values) who have received the Nobel Peace Prize and explain why they received it. They will analyze the importance of their actions for the common good.
Unit: Money Smart Teens (9-12)
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will create a personal spending plan, based on realistic projected monthly income and expenses. Students will also present the money the class collected to the charity of their choice.
Adapt this lesson, and all lessons in this unit, as needed for student level....
Unit: Technology and Community Service Course at the Pingry School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students use standard software as they develop, research, and present a project related to community nonprofits.