Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will learn to identify nonprofit organizations within their communities.
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Unit: Job Shadowing in the Nonprofit Sector
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will learn about the work of a specific nonprofit organization through a series of interviews and by doing volunteer work for the organization.
Unit: Water Resources and the Role of the Independent Sector
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of this lesson is to assist students in identifying the different sectors in our society and the role each plays.
Unit: Philanthropy—Essential to a Democratic Society
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will recognize the value of nonprofit organizations and identify how nonprofits meet citizen needs when government can't.
Unit: Environmental Groups and the Three Economic Sectors
Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson, students recognize that our valuable natural resources are maintained and cared for by government, business, nonprofits, and individuals. The three sectors (and individuals) work together to accomplish what any one of them cannot do alone.
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
Youth research and report back to the group about the nonprofit organizations that are serving their community and the many facets of community life that nonprofits are involved in.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
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Unit: Careers and Nonprofit Organizations
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will distinguish between nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. They will identify and dispel some of the myths of nonprofit employment. Using the Action Without Borders/Idealist.org web site, ...
Unit: Living In a Community
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students learn that the community has four sectors: business, government, nonprofit and family. The students take a walk through a central business district in their local community and identify which sector funds or is represented by different buildings, business, parks and so on.
Unit: Nonprofits are Necessary (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will recognize different job opportunities available in the nonprofit sector and identify people in the community who have positions in nonprofit organizations.
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Unit: Foundations: Unit Two of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students research what nonprofit organizations are in their regional community and study their purpose and what is in their annual reports. They clarify the differences between a nonprofit and for-profit organization.