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This lesson will serve to stimulate awareness of the role that air quality has on our everyday life.
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Unit: Air Today, Air Tomorrow
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students discuss different types of lies and rate them in their severity and damage to others.
Unit: Take a Breath Now
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Grades:
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This lesson will serve to stimulate awareness of the role that air quality has in our everyday life.
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Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (K-2)
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K
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2
Students define community and recognize that a class or after-school group is a community because the members share interests and goals and work together. Focus Questions: What is a community and what is my role? What is health and why is it important?...
Unit: Roots of Philanthropy (Teen)
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Youth Activity: Students add to their “philanthropic” vocabulary with an alphabet activity to gain a better understanding of the actions and deeds of philanthropy.
“Wisdom begins in wonder.” ~ Socrates...
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Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore the meaning of honesty as it relates to playing by the rules and making choices that support the common good. Students discuss and illustrate how people could respond honestly and dishonestly to the same situation. They learn vocabulary related to honesty.
Unit: You Are Uniquely You
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Grades:
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We learn a little history of the painters Van Gogh and Gauguin who were driven by a need to give of themselves to others through art. Participants study the techniques and draw their own portraits. They make a gift of the portrait to someone....
Unit: It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest
Grades:
6
7
8
This is an introduction to the differences and similarities between temperate and tropical rainforests. The group discusses patterns in where rainforests are located, and they begin to research characteristics and gain awareness of their biodiversity.
Unit: It's Up to Whom? You! (12th Grade)
Grades:
9
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Students define philanthropy and identify past and present volunteers in their communities and/or world. They explore the risks (opportunity costs) as well as the merits of volunteering for the common good and a more civil society.
Unit: Working Animals
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Grades:
3
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As part of a small group, the students select and research a specific working animal. They create an informational presentation (poster or computer software) about their findings. Learners discover the impact that these animals have on the greater good of communities...