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Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
To create multi-media iBooks with PSAs (public service announcements) that explore and raise awareness about (local or global) issues (such as homelessness, water pollution, education, or hunger) that can be addressed by philanthropy....
Unit: Student Voluntarism Symposium
Students will see how American philanthropists have made a difference in making the world a better place.
Students will make a multi-media presentation in a clear, meaningful way that educates peers, educators, parents, and community members about the issue and non-profit organization that they studied and their philanthropic work which addressed that problem.
Unit: Small Actions with Big Results (5th Grade)
This lesson will expose learners to philanthropy in three different genres of literature: a play, a fable, and a parable. Through the genres the students will learn about community, helping others by addressing a need and philanthropic acts.
Unit: Philanthropy in Literature
This lesson will expose learners to philanthropy in three different genre of literature: a play, a fable, and a parable.
Unit: Cinderella Stories (The)
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the characteristics of fairy tales as a genre to the students. The students 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: All for One
Learners will analyze the harmful effects of discrimination on our society and give examples of the ways individuals have responded to violations of human dignity.
Unit: Welcome to Our School - A Transition from Elementary to Middle School
The purpose of this lesson is for the students to produce a video presentation. The video demonstrates the characteristics of the middle school with the purpose of informing students of what to expect when they come to middle school. It will be presented to the fifth graders who are moving to...
Unit: Whose Job Is It?
To expose learners to first-hand accounts of the function of non-profits in various nations of the world, and share that information with the class.