Grades:
3
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5
Participants define what they want to accomplish for the community garden and identify a place that is available and has the right conditions. This requires research and permissions. ...
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Unit: Music of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968
Grades:
6
7
8
Music may bring joy or it may help people reflect on their feelings. The "freedom songs" may have motivated the Civil Rights activists as they sought to aid the common good, and we can bring music to someone in the community as a gift of generosity and inspiration.
Unit: Where's The Sand?
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Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson introduces the learners to the human and physical characteristics of desert regions around the world, including vegetation and animals that inhabit those deserts.
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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: Watershed S.O.S. (Saving Our Sources) 6-8
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of the lesson is to educate learners about watersheds, ways in which water pollution occurs, and how important proper use of watersheds is to them. After understanding the importance of the watersheds, they will recognize that wise usage of their local watershed is an example...
Unit: Our Constitutional Connection
Grades:
3
4
5
Three amendments to the Constitution extended voting rights to more citizens. Look at the language of these amendments and the effectiveness of everyone actually getting the vote. Youth discuss the purpose of voting, and they take action to make a difference, such as by making ...
Unit: Be the Change: Workplace Readiness
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will learn what it means to be "professional" in various workplace environments and will continue to prepare to seek employment....
Unit: Let's Play and Learn
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Grades:
K
1
2
The lesson teaches learners that games are most fun when the players know and follow the rules. The lesson introduces the learners to geographic locations of North, South, East, and West. They also use playing cards to learn about rank order and greater than and less than.
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Unit: Sand, Sand, Everywhere Sand
Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson will introduce the learners to the human and physical characteristics of desert regions around the world. It will include plants and animals that inhabit those deserts and how people living in desert regions use resources wisely.
Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students explore the distance that food travels and compare the nutritional value, cost, and environmental sustainability of buying locally compared to buying foods that travel a long distance. They identify hunger as an issue of the common good.