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Young people investigate, plan, and facilitate a service-learning project that benefits refugees in their community.
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Unit: Forced to Flee and Find a New Home
Unit: Black History IS American History
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We are made by history. In this activity, youth read the stories of philanthropic African Americans and influential related events that made America what it is today. Then they create a virtual Pop-Up Museum as an advocacy service project in which they tell stories of Black history and philanthropy.
Unit: TeachOne for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Learners use visual literacy skills to talk about an artistic image. They listen respectfully to the different opinions and perspectives of their peers. They identify a need in their school or community and create a simple image that tells others to think differently or take action to improve...
Unit: TeachOne: Coming Together for Environmental Action
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Learners walk around their neighborhood parks observing plants, use of space, and ways to make the shared space better. They problem-solve about things they can do and then interview and survey others to get ideas and permission to take action. ...
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
To have students partner with a nonprofit organization to design and complete a service-learning project for that organization.
In the third trimester of the Urban EdVenture course, students begin work on the final project in collaboration with their homeroom teachers. Each...
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Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8)
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Students analyze survey results, choose a community health need, and design a service project to address it.
Unit: Lunchroom Recycling Plan
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Students organize and implement a school-based recycling plan based on a one-day lunchroom waste audit.
Adapt this one-period lesson plan for your grade level and follow it with a simple and powerful service project for Earth...
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
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Students describe elements of personal health and fitness and relate this to the health of the community, recognizing that the elements of a healthy community are good for all members. The students identify the availability of healthy foods and practices in the school, neighborhood, and home...
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
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All cultures have practices and customs regarding hospitality, or how we treat guests. In these folktales, we learn about different expectations and degrees of these customs and how travelers test the limits of hospitality and feel the effects of their host's generosity. ...
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
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To develop the course’s vehicle for grantmaking funds to be secured and accessed by students and to identify partners (inside the school and out) that will assist with the success of a Hands On Philanthropy course.
This lesson covers the groundwork for the creation of the...
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