Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students build on their understanding about homelessness, seeking to discover the actual facts and statistics about homelessness locally and nationally.
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Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
Unit: My Healthy Plate
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Grades:
3
4
5
Students learn to properly "dress" their plate with foods from each of the food groups. Students will also compare the foods in the Kids' Food Basket Sack Supper to the food groups on My Plate. Students volunteer their time to prepare or pack meals for a local food distribution charity. ...
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Grades:
3
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5
This lesson introduces children to the reality of childhood hunger in their region. Students learn the difference between companies that are for profit and nonprofit and the types of work they do. Students also identify wants and needs.
Unit: The Power of Children
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students determine which community need should have greatest priority. Once a priority need has been determined, students research organizations that address that community need. The research process will use a student-generated list of questions.
Unit: Global Education: Why Learn? (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students take action by participating in an activity that raises awareness about schools that do not have sufficient resources.
Unit: Community Impact
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students reflect on the importance of their identity from Lessons 1 and 2 and make a plan to demonstrate their responsibility to their community through a service-learning project.
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students view images of families around the world and the food they eat in a week. They examine the similarities and differences in relation to different attributes, such as type of food, nutrition, cost, and quantity. Discussions of stereotype and diversity help students gain sensitivity to the...
Unit: Cinderella Stories
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson introduces the characteristics of fairy tales as a genre. The children explore positive and negative character traits and universal themes in the story of Cinderella. The service plan is introduced in this lesson and carried out over the next weeks.
Unit: Trail Mix Project
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Grades:
K
1
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This lesson offers an opportunity for students to make a difference in their community regarding kids' hunger. Students give their time to make Trail Mix, which they donate to a local agency (such as Kids Food Basket in Grand Rapids, MI). Also, students represent collected data using a bar graph...
Unit: Pollution Is Not a Solution (5th Grade)
Grades:
3
4
5
What are watersheds and why are they important? Students recognize that wise usage and protection of their local watershed is an example of environmental stewardship.