The students respond to a story in which a child inspires her neighborhood to improve a vacant lot. The students recognize that they can have a positive impact on others. The class decides on a philanthropic project related to the literature that will benefit the school or larger community.
The purpose of this lesson is for students to plan and develop a video documentary. Modeling their documentary after the West Michigan documentary The Gift of All, students create a multi-media story of their community and local philanthropy. Creating and sharing the documentary is an...
Learners will identify parts of a flowering plant, describe their functions and compare their importance to the essential roles in a democratic government.
Students will view life during the depression through primary source interviews with individuals who lived during these hard times.
Students will be introduced to life during the Great Depression by looking at primary source pictures taken during the 1930s.
Students analyze and define the word perseverance as it applies to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Learners will investigate “Make a Difference Day,” and local community or state philanthropic organizations. The information about the organizations will be presented to the class and a class decision will be made about how the students can participate with the chosen group for “Make a...
This lesson will introduce the contributions made by Benjamin Franklin to the United States, both in the past and now. His book, Poor Richards Almanack, displays quotes that summarize his view on what he said and wrote. It will make connections to the common good through the ideas...
Learners identify examples of courage from the actions of Jackie Robinson.
This lesson briefly explains the process a group goes through as they deliberate and decide upon which applicant organizations will receive grant awards....