Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn how poverty and hunger are related.
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Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To create student awareness about philanthropy in daily life throughout the world using a variety of topics and sources.
Unit: Sacred Giving (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will develop an understanding of the differences between the secular concepts of charity and philanthropy and the Jewish concept of tzedakah.
Unit: School Environment and Diversity, Let's Deal With It
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will build community through identifying and implementing an action plan addressing one issue as identified in the School Climate Survey.
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students engage in a variety of activities to define community. Students investigate the responsibilities that come with being a citizen of the community....
Unit: Courage of the Heart
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Grades:
6
7
8
Youth learn about the work of African American inventors who had a positive influence on society by contributing scientific innovation for the common good....
Unit: Our Air: The Quest for Quality
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will serve as the final learning piece, and the accumulated knowledge will be used to assist the learners in utilizing a role play scenario to come to a consensus plan of action that moves “their community” toward compliance with Air Quality Standards (AQI).This unit is also intended...
Unit: To Recycle or Not to Recycle? That Shouldn't Even Be a Question!
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson is intended to stimulate the learner’s thinking about recycling; who does it, what do they do, and why do they do it? The learners will investigate motivations for recycling that go beyond the economics of the practice and explore other thoughts and ideas that motivate some people to...
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students examine their personal healthy habits and their school (and neighborhood) environments to collect information about nutrition and fitness in the community. Students consider what changes they can make to the...
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The students define philanthropy and relate it to environmental stewardship. They analyze mission statements from environmental organizations and write their own personal mission statement. They self-select a group to work with to plan and implement an environmental service...