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Grades:
9
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11
12
The learners identify motivations for giving and social action in the community. They promote giving and social action through persuasive writing.
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Unit: Motivated to Give
Unit: Motivations for Giving: Penny Drive
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Explore the local community to identify nonprofit services available. They compare these to the services of business and government to understand the different sectors. They investigate motivations for nonprofits and individual giving.
Unit: Lights! Camera! Take Action!
Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson, students learn about the four sectors of the economy and learn that the civil society sector often steps in when business and government do not or cannot meet a felt need. Students observe the second half of the documentary The Gift of All and write about the issues in...
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to a significant community donor and to learn about various motives for giving, a vision for philanthropy, and why and how young people should learn philanthropy. ...
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Unit: Exploring Philanthropic Motivations
Grades:
6
7
8
Youth analyze personal reasons for taking action and compare them to the researched motivations for giving. ...
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners will investigate the importance of self-control and self-motivation through analyzing examples of self-discipline....
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Unit: Community Impact
Unit:
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: 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: Our Unique Legacy of Giving
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students explore their personal responsibility to the community. They recognize that everyone has something to give, and that includes them. Students brainstorm local philanthropists and positive traits of their own communities. They assess local needs and make a plan to address...
Grades:
6
7
8
Students watch the documentary The Gift of All: a Community of Givers and identify the motivations and attributes of the generous people interviewed. Students read, summarize, and report on short biographies of philanthropists. Student writing includes metaphors and journal reflections...