Grades:
6
7
8
The students will examine the role of discipline in their lives, in the lives of others and in a civil society....
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Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 6)
Unit: Courage of the Heart
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Grades:
6
7
8
Young people use their voice to speak up for injustice and take action for the common good.
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Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
Discussion of the book The Three Questions guides youth to be aware of people and needs around them and the importance of service as a response to the needs of others.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty at Westminster
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Unit: Our Constitutional Connection
Grades:
3
4
5
Three amendments to the Constitution extended voting rights to more citizens. Look at the language of these amendments and the effectiveness of everyone actually getting the vote. Youth discuss the purpose of voting, and they take action to make a difference, such as by making ...
Unit: Be the Change: Workplace Readiness
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will learn that using the Internet and critical thinking can help them in searching for a job. They will practice skills needed for a successful job interview.
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1
2
Students will identify some community and school needs. They will respond to literature about being a good person and making a difference. Working as a group, the students select a philanthropic project, formulate a plan, and execute that plan to address the need....
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students experience working and unemployment through a very simplified role play....
Grades:
6
7
8
Students research and compare statistics of the history of hunger and obesity around the world.
Unit: Take a Stand on Bullying
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Grades:
6
7
8
In the first lesson of this three-lesson unit, the students define bullying and identify the effects of bullying behavior on the individuals involved and the larger community. The students create a survey or use another method to collect and report on the perceived status of bullying behavior at...
Unit: Writers as Activists
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Grades:
9
10
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12
Students will summarize the words of Rachel Carson and describe the impact one woman writer had on the world and our environment by reading Part I of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Al Gore's 1994 introduction to the latest printing of the book....