Grades:
9
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11
12
Students collaboratively choose a community health need to address, plan the logistics for their service project, and document their planning process.
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Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
Unit: Cultural Diversity in Service
Grades:
9
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11
12
Using the radio broadcast "This I Believe" as a model, students create visual or audio statements of their beliefs about volunteering and serving. Each presentation communicates the culture, experiences, and motivations that influence the learner's attitude about service. After presenting their...
Unit: Out on a Limb (6th Grade)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students review the role trees play in providing a healthy environment and their role and responsibility to protect trees. The Tree City USA designation provides framework and rationale for student discussions about what they can do.
Unit: From Struggle to Success
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students follow the example of philanthropists who impacted their community by cooperating rather than competing. Students identify their own giving passions and cooperate with each other and a community organization to plan a project. Examples of "cooperative philanthropists" are taken from the...
Unit: It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners identify ways for individuals, nonprofits, and governments to take action against excessive destruction of the rainforests of the world. ...
Unit: Building a Community Garden Santuary
Grades:
3
4
5
This experiential lesson involves building the garden and inviting people to enjoy and participate....
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Unit: Soup's On in Our Community
Grades:
3
4
5
Based on the recommendations of the soup kitchen guest from lesson one, young people decide how they will take action to help address a need. They may donate canned food, volunteer to serve lunch, bring games to play with children at the soup kitchen, or make bowls to sell as a fundraiser. This...
Unit: Treating Others as You Would Like to be Treated (11th Grade)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners analyze many variations of the Golden Rule and relate it to the concept of philanthropy and the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unit: Devotions for Young Children
Grades:
6
7
8
Students bring together their investigations of different preschool and early childhood centers and share their research on literacy and faith development and come to a consensus on the plan for their devotional project. They examine sample devotionals and brainstorm their topics and theme ideas...
Unit: Be the Change: Personal Health
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students look at the role exercise plays in overall health. They make a plan to engage younger children in more active play and exercise....