Grades:
6
7
8
Students will share their experiences volunteering for a philanthropic organization with others.
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Unit: Social Action Project (The)
Unit: Rules for the Common Good
Grades:
K
1
2
Students will produce a set of posters that will serve as a reminder of the classroom rules.
Unit: We Are Guardians of the Earth (Private-Religious)
Grades:
6
7
8
It would seem that contradictions abound in the Bible! Finding interpretations that allow these contradicting texts to coexist is both a traditional religious concern and a contemporary dynamic enterprise. It is also a pursuit that will determine how one comes to understand the role of Biblical...
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: Sharing and Caring Across Generations
Grades:
K
1
2
The students collect and organize information and interpret data on a graph using the “memory items” brought from home. (See Lesson One: Traveling Back in Time.)
Unit: Sowing the Seeds of Community
Grades:
6
7
8
The class will read and listen to the retelling of the story Seedfolks, and participate in discussions about the characters in the story and their actions which lead to the creation of a community garden. The students will also journal the thirteen characters in the story identifying...
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Through a reading of the Australian Aboriginal folktale, The Secret of Dreaming, learners will describe what this creation tale reveals about the culture of the Aboriginals and will explain mankind’s permanent responsibility as caretaker of the land....
Unit: Refugees and Human Rights
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students identify the message communicated in the visual image of a poster. Then student groups create a skit with a small group that communicates the same message in a different format. The groups write, practice and perform their skits. Then the class comments on the...
Unit: Community Collaboration
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
Using the data collected from the Blue Sky Activity in the previous lesson and the community interviews, students brainstorm possible members of the community who can help with the identified issues. Introduce students to the concept of neighborhood beautification....
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the World (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students examine their typical diet for 24 hours. They analyze the nutritional content and discuss why diets differ by culture, region, and economics.