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Grades:
9
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To share knowledge of economic systems and the role of the non-profit sector with other social studies classes studying economics and/or social geography.
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Unit: Whose Job Is It?
Unit: Farm to Table and Food Production
Grades:
6
7
8
Students present their projects to the whole class and reflect on the presentations. Students discuss action they can take through service-learning. ...
Unit: We the Community - Past, Present and Future
Grades:
3
4
5
The students gain awareness about the work of local nonprofit organizations by interviewing representatives from three organizations. Students write about the results of the interviews to summarize the goals and impact of the organizations on the community.
Unit: Social Action Project (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will share their experiences volunteering for a philanthropic organization with others.
Unit: Superheroes as Philanthropists
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will apply what they learned about Spider-Man's philanthropic actions to other superheroes, and they will express their findings to the class in the form of a short presentation.
Unit: Time Traveler - Intergenerational Interviews
Grades:
9
10
11
12
High school learners will design and present information from their historical narrative projects to other learners (elementary, middle or high school level). Learners will reflect on how the interview experience has affected their attitudes toward the elderly.
Unit: Jobs on the Move
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson, learners study vocabulary and concepts of the Great Depression. They explore the factors that led to the Great Depression and compare them to the economic conditions of the recent recession of 2008 and 2009. Learners read excerpts from two literature books by John Steinbeck and...
Unit: Earth Connections
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Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is for students to continue to explore the Native-American traditional beliefs of Mother Earth through contemporary Native American writers and to express this concept through Haiku and visual art.
Unit: Sharing and Caring Across Generations
Grades:
K
1
2
Students define stewardship and commit to reducing the amount of trash they contribute to the world. Students talk to older family members about trash and recycling memories to determine if this is an old problem or a new problem.
Unit: Sharing Our World
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Grades:
3
4
5
Students conduct Internet research to gain a better understanding of the changes that have occurred in the environment and animal habitats since the 1700s.