Grades:
11
12
To create student awareness about philanthropy in daily life throughout the world using a variety of topics and sources.
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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: Executive Branch—Gifts to the Future (The) (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The president of the United States is often considered to be the most powerful person in the world. Students will analyze how significant presidential power is and investigate ways that it creates tension between the executive and legislative branches of the government.
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Unit: Rivers for the Common Good
Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the concept of the life of a river and pollution through the story A River Ran Wild.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Perseverance involves staying with a task even if it is difficult. Students identify obstacles they must overcome in order to stay on a task and/or reach a goal. Students identify having a plan and team work as strategies to persevere....
Unit: Three Chinese Stories
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Grades:
K
1
2
Based on the telling of Runaway Rice Cake (The), the class writes an innovation from a different perspective. The moral of the story is that when the character gives generously and from the heart, the giver is also rewarded in some way.
Unit: New Philanthropy--A Hands-On Way of Giving (The)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will analyze the new philanthropists, who they are, what they give, who they give to, their personal qualities, and how they hold people and organizations accountable for their philanthropic efforts.
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: Personal Giving Mission Statement (A): Penny Drive
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will create a personal mission statement of responsible, engaged citizenship applicable to community service and philanthropy. This lesson may be used with a collection drive or penny drive to raise money or goods to address a community need.
Focus Question: How does...
Unit: Watershed S.O.S. (Saving Our Sources)
Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of the lesson is to help learners understand the importance of watersheds and ways in which they can reduce water pollution in their watershed. ...