Grades:
6
7
8
Learners discover how celebrities demonstrate their caring by giving their time, talent and treasure and taking action for specific causes. It gives the learners an opportunity to begin to think of what they care about....
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Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 7)
Unit: Character Education: Respect (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners are challenged to enhance respect in their personal relationships as well as to define actions they can take to enhance respect in their school and community.
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
The students will examine the role of discipline in their lives, in the lives of others and in a civil society....
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students analyze and define the word perseverance as it applies to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unit: Poetry of Giving
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Grades:
6
7
8
The students will use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving.
Unit: You Are Uniquely You
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Grades:
3
4
5
Through exploration, we see how six simple machines do their jobs together to get work done. Just as each machine is unique and valuable to the whole, so is each person unique and valuable to our group, to nature, and to the world. We see the value of deliberately respecting others and...
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Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
Grades:
6
7
8
Sojourner Truth's contributions to abolitionism and women's suffrage are revealed through her own words. She worked tirelessly to aid the freed men after the Civil War and brought increased recognition to their plight. We discuss the right of all voices to be heard in a democracy and...
Unit: Cinderella Stories
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students read an African version of the Cinderella story so that they can compare versions and increase their sense of story.
Unit: Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger
Grades:
K
1
2
In this the lesson the students learn basic facts about nutrition. They design "Stop Hunger Buckets" for the purpose of collecting coins to donate to a nonprofit organization. They create posters to inform other students about hunger and the fundraising campaign. The students write journal ...
Unit: Philanthropy—A Day at the Beach
Grades:
3
4
5
With guidance from a local environmental agency, prepare the youth in advance of volunteering their time to clean up a lake or river for the common good. Arrange a field trip that includes picking up trash and recording the data. ...
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