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K
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2
This lesson demonstrates to the learners that by enhancing and caring for the environment they are performing acts of philanthropy.
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Unit: Flowers and a Beautiful World (1st Grade)
Unit: Making the World a More Beautiful Place (Kindergarten)
Grades:
K
1
2
Responding to the story Miss Rumphius, a book that illustrates how responsible citizens participate constructively in maintaining and enhancing the environment, the learners will understand that being a steward of the environment involves choice, commitment and inspiration....
Unit: How About a Hand?
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students will be exposed to literature that illustrates how responsible citizens participate constructively in their communities.
Unit: Rules for the Common Good
Grades:
K
1
2
Students will develop a set of rules that could be used in the classroom.
Unit: Beautiful Me
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Grades:
K
1
2
The students respond to the text of Miss Rumphius and write a class book about actions to make the world more beautiful. Students learn that volunteering time, talent, or treasure for the common good involves choice, commitment, and inspiration. ...
Unit: Our Constitutional Connection
Grades:
3
4
5
Students define philanthropy as givng time, talent or treasure and taking action for the common good. They identify philanthropy in a read-aloud story and the regional news....
Unit: Learning About Philanthropy-Diocesan Standard
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will identify philanthropy in their daily lives. While written for a Catholic Elementary School, the lesson may be easily adapted for public school use....
Unit: Saving the Monarch
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will culminate with the learners raising money in order to buy milkweed plants or seeds to plant in a Monarch Butterfly garden. They will appreciate that caring for the environment and the plants and animals is good stewardship of the earth and the civic responsibility of everyone....
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Grades:
K
1
2
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the learners to the concept of Environmental Stewardship, community and how making an area beautiful is an act of philanthropy. Learners will look at the Monarch Butterfly and the four stages of its life cycle. They...
Unit: Common Good in Colonial America
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners will find examples in literature of the simple act of doing something for the common good. They will research examples of philanthropists in colonial America.