Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students learn that human rights laws include "conventions" that protect children's rights. They identify the mission of Save the Children and recognize the need for taking action to save children around the world.
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Unit: Newborn and Child Survival (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson students choose a service project to take action for children's health in the poorest countries. Many ideas are suggested related to Save the Children's Newborn and Child Survival Campaign. The suggested projects are calendar events and can be found in the Service...
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Unit: Us vs. Them
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Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will describe problems of refugee populations around the world and human rights issues related to refugees. They will explain how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child act to protect human rights. Understanding that...
Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will exhibit empathy for the children who rode the Orphan Train through journal writing. They will read articles that are often first person essays about the children's experiences. The students will then determine what rights were denied homeless children in the late 1800s and early...
Unit: Just What Is a YAC (Youth Advisory Committee)?
Grades:
3
4
5
To introduce students to the idea of helping others and to have them understand that they can also be philanthropic. (They have time, treasures and/or talents to share.)
Unit: Pitch In — A Philanthropic Puppet Project
Grades:
3
4
5
In this culminating lesson, the students perform their puppet plays in order to teach others about environmental issues. As a final piece, students reflect on this project by writing an answer to some essential questions of the unit: What does it mean to be a philanthropist? What does it mean to...
Unit: Global Education: Why Learn? (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students explore the issue of education as a right that not everyone has access to. Students plan and complete a service project to help expand access to education around the world.
Unit: Superheroes as Philanthropists
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will understand the difference between a theme, a moral, and a topic, and to be able to identify the theme of a piece of literature.
Unit: Helping Children Learn
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Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will increase their reading fluency and awareness of philanthropy by reading to younger children.
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Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will investigate the type of folklore known as folktales. They will understand their origins and purposes, and describe different types of folktales. Because many folktales reveal a character making some sort of a sacrifice on behalf of others, learners will find that such selflessness...