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By reading about her life and her work, students will understand how Mary Eliza Church Terrell’s writing and activism brought about change for African Americans and women.
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Unit: Writers as Activists
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Grades:
9
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Students will recognize the linguistic strategies that Alice Walker uses in her introduction to Anything You Love Can Be Saved that persuade readers to believe in her causes, and thus begin to think about techniques that they can use in their own activist writing, which they will do in...
Unit: Bridges for All
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Grades:
6
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8
To heighten student awareness of organizations that grew out of necessity and increased social consciousness during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Unit: Philanthropy in Michigan—Civil War
Grades:
3
4
5
A lesson to help students consider the benefits when an individual chooses to do philanthropic acts and to engage in critical thinking and constructive conversation regarding opposing views....
Grades:
3
4
5
Introduce students to the term philanthropy.
Grades:
3
4
5
The students read and interpret and analyze various points of view. They discuss benefits of philanthropy, including justice, common good, fulfillment, and empowerment....
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (K-2)
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K
1
2
Children explore what it means to be responsible in school and in the community as a responsible citizen. They take action as responsible citizens to make the community healthier. ...
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students read about two very different Texas pioneers and identify how they earned the trust of others.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To explore many differing views on well-intended philanthropy with students. Review some of the dangers of philanthropy such as inappropriate intervention, inappropriate verbiage, and naiveté. ...
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Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Using folktales, learners will explain why humankind has an important role as "caretakers of creation" and will analyze the role of civil society in environmental stewardship.