Youth learn about the toxic ingredients in personal care products and take action to protect local waterways from the effects of the chemicals.

The learners explore folktales related to forgiveness. They investigate how compassion is interrelated with forgiveness, and describe challenges to real forgiveness.

This beautiful documentary The Gift of All: a Community of Givers shares the motivations and attributes of the generous people interviewed. In response, the learners create their own short biographies of philanthropists in their community.

This lesson illustrates the value of art and artists to a community and shows that art is maintained through philanthropy.

The youth take action by determining ways to reduce their own use of plastic bags and by advocating for ways to reduce the use of plastic bags in their own households, the community, state and nation.  To take further action, they may propose ways to influence government officials...

Together, the participants write a grant proposal to request funds to complete an identified service project.

Learners identify ways to use advocacy to promote change.

Introduce the concept of philanthropy and guide the learners to be philanthropists who take volunteer action for the common good.

After comparing and contrasting entertainment and editorial cartoons, the learner uses cartooning as a means of public voice about political and social issues. 

Artists contribute to the common good by sharing their talents. The nonprofit sector supports artists with funding, museums, and attention or education. We learn how artists' work is supported by philanthropy and nonproft organizations that assure we have access to art. Young...