Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students learn about the impact one woman had on the world and our environment. Rachel Carson's advocacy is an example for them of how they can become civic environmentalists.
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Unit: Civic Environmentalist: Rachel Carson (12th Grade)
Unit: Encouraging Volunteerism
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
Unit: Book Builders
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Grades:
6
7
8
In an effort to make an awesome school year, students draft and share a simple book describing the strengths and needs at the school to challenge everyone to make the school great. They learn the importance of community/social capital by building positive experiences with students of...
Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Using their knowledge of courage, the learners choose a person of courage who is a hero and share that by creating a commemorative "postage stamp."
Unit: Investing In Others (K-2)
Grades:
K
1
2
Children compare wants and needs and create a collage of wants and needs. Students clarify their understanding and interpretation of wants and needs as they compare their wants and needs with others in the room and in the world. They respond to the story
...Unit: Pollution Is Not a Solution (5th Grade)
Grades:
3
4
5
What are watersheds and why are they important? Students recognize that wise usage and protection of their local watershed is an example of environmental stewardship.
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore the effects of hunger and its role in the lives of children.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, learners brainstorm the traits of a community of trusted learners, describing what it would look like if students and teachers in a classroom felt a high level of trust with each other. They have the opportunity to rate how their classroom community falls on a trust...
Unit: Exploring Nonprofit Careers
Grades:
3
4
5
To define profit and nonprofit organizations and explore the variety of careers available within those sectors. Students will prepare questions and then interview individuals involved with those careers.
Unit: Community Health and Safety
Grades:
3
4
5
Students gain exposure to how citizens organize in response to a need. They observe the benefits of group cooperation. Students review data they have collected from surveys and work in collaborative groups to identify focus areas for the service-learning project....