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Using literature and research, learners will identify acts of philanthropy that occurred during the Civil War era.
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Unit: Philanthropic Movements in the United States to 1900
Unit: Bridges for All
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Grades:
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Students read about voluntarism during the Civil War and Reconstruction and today.
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To heighten student awareness of organizations that grew out of necessity and increased social consciousness during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Unit: Cultural Pluralism in Young Adult Literature—Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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6
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Using award winning literature, the learners will describe and analyze bigotry in Mississippi during the Great Depression. They will also define and give examples of community capital in the rural community where the story takes place and explain the importance of family. Learners will recognize...
Unit: From Struggle to Success
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6
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Students learn from examples of people who have experienced a struggle and used surrounding resources to make something better for themselves and the people around them. Examples of "servant leadership" are taken from the Our State of Generosity...
Unit: What Does It Take?
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Grades:
6
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Students will become aware of historic figures who have made a difference in our civil society.
Unit: Grow Involved 3-5
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Students read stories about caring for others, then they create quilts to donate to community organizations.
Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
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Students examine the consequences of Abraham Lincoln's responsible decisions. The introduction of the concept of common good adds a dimension to the benefit/consequences of taking responsibility....
Unit: Stitch in Time for the Common Good (A)
Grades:
6
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8
Learners will research the lives of key Americans, from the colonial period through Reconstruction, who advanced science and improved the common good. Learner research will be summarized using the obituary literary format.
Unit: School Environment and Diversity, Let's Deal With It
Grades:
6
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8
Learners will discover the historical background for voluntary citizen action for the common good as essential to evaluate actions and consequences of actions for individuals and society.