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Young people discuss and debate the issues related to ethical consumerism and the common good, and consider how their spending habits reflect their values.
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Unit: Money and the Common Good
Unit: Phil Up on the Arts
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The young people create a video by compiling recordings of the songs and acting they did as a group to communicate the meaning of acting for the common good. They share their video with a local hospital, retirement community, or preschool as entertainment.
Unit: Telling Our Stories of Giving
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6
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Students learn effective techniques and complete prewriting activities for writing a persuasive essay. As a culmination of the unit, students choose one of the three styles of writing--news article, personal narrative, or persuasive essay--to write, edit, and publish about their experience with...
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Using Guidestar as a source, young people identify three nonprofits and their mission statements.
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Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
6
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To help students understand the challenges of feeding a family a healthy meal on a limited budget.
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Unit: Growing Our Future
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K
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In response to reading The Lorax, participants identify what trees give to us and all sectors of society. In response, we identify our personal responsibility for caring for trees.
Unit: From Struggle to Success
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Students learn from examples of people who have experienced a struggle and used surrounding resources to make something better for themselves and the people around them. Examples of "servant leadership" are taken from the Our State of Generosity...
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
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5
To work together, see the big picture, and think about the connection between individuals in the group as students participate in the activity.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
Grades:
6
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This lesson is designed to expnd awareness about the famous suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Although she is best known for this role, she was active in six different causes as an abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
Unit: TeachOne Back to School
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Learners research the environmental effect of crayons and their own power to make an impact. They collect gently used crayons from restaurants and other places in the community. They sort them by color, repackage them sustainably for re-use, and add a kind note. They learn about the...