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To identify and compare the roles of governments, economic systems, and the nonprofit sector in meeting the needs of people around the world.
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Unit: Whose Job Is It?
Unit: Inquiring Minds: News and Philanthropy
Grades:
3
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5
Students are introduced to the concept of current events. Current events are placed on a timeline and become a part of their daily routine. This builds a sense of time, chronological order and news events over the course of the school year. Students also become familiar with the purpose of news...
Unit: We are the Positive School Culture
Grades:
6
7
8
A positive school climate is made up of people making choices about how to act and treat one another. It is everyone's responsibility to be a good school citizen. Students identify what traits they value most and survey the school population to identify what is going well and what students feel...
Unit: Investing In Others (9-12)
Grades:
9
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Students examine how their personal choices with money and debt affect other people. The group will explore the following question: As consumers, how might the choices we make affect global poverty? The students plan and carry out a service project that advocates for financial responsibility....
Unit: Pitch In — A Philanthropic Puppet Project
Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to explore what it means to be an environmentalist. Students will work in small groups to research an environmental issue—facts and solutions. The research will be conducted using at least three different types of resources (Internet, magazine, book, video or...
Unit: What Does It Take?
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Grades:
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Students will become aware of women and minority figures who have made a difference in a civil society.
Unit: Be the Change: Democracy
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Grades:
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Students create a final project tying together their knowledge of voting, rights, laws, and public office.
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Unit: Deliver Gratitude Day
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Grades:
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This lesson focuses on the meaning and benefits of gratitude. Students give examples of what people give up (opportunity cost) when they give philanthropically. For their service project, students will decide how they can 'deliver gratitude' to a deserving person or group. They will then...
Unit: Animal Shelters
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Animal shelters have many areas of concern but the mission of all shelters is to care for and place homeless animals. They rely on donations from the public to do their important work. Municipal shelters are funded by the municipality--...
Unit: How Did We Help?
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Grades:
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Students will research the "Society of Friends"/ Quakers and describe how this group promoted the common good. The Quakers pushed for religious freedom and freedom of choice, which are Core Democratic Values. As a group, they formed organizations to promote social...