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Learners define perseverance and identify the need to persevere in completing tasks. They will explore obstacles and excuses that deter perseverance.
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Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 8)
Unit: Global Education: Equity
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Grades:
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Young people learn about global efforts for universal mandatory education and equity for girls in school.
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Children interview and write a story about a person in their family or community. They share their stories to celebrate the unique differences in people in the community.
Unit: Food for Thought: Hunger around the World
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Learners describe good nutritional practices and make a plan to eat healthy.
Unit: Telling Our Stories of Giving
Grades:
6
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Students become familiar with the structure of the newspaper and the purpose of the different types of articles as they explore "stories" about acts of giving and sharing time, talent, and treasure for the common good. Students recognize the types of voices and articles in the newspaper. They...
Unit: Bullying Prevention Plan
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Grades:
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Youth make a plan as empowered and responsible members of the civil society to take action to prevent bullying behavior while being sensitive to the people involved, from the victim to the bystander to the bully.
Unit: Philanthropy—Essential to a Democratic Society
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Students will learn the fundamental principles of parliamentary procedure and use the procedure to create a plan for a service project in the community.
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Unit: Challenging Social Boundaries
Grades:
9
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Learners will sponsor Mix It Up Day, a national project to promote diversity within a school environment. Learners will experience roles as private citizens attempting to change behavior.
Unit: Forced to Flee and Find a New Home
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This lesson focuses on the language of human rights. Learners examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and analyze the rights from a personal perspective. They discuss how well they perceive that the rights are enforced.
Unit: Lights! Camera! Take Action!
Grades:
9
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In this session, we learn about the sectors of civil society sector - business, government, and nonprofit. Youth watch the second half of the documentary The Gift of All and talk about the issues in West Michigan and the motivations of the philanthropists who made a major difference in...