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Students read about the Orphan Train and compare and contrast how that philanthropic effort has evolved today....
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Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
Unit: Social Reformer—Jane Addams
Grades:
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Students learn about the philanthropic work of Jane Addams.
Unit: What Does It Take?
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Grades:
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Students will become aware of historic figures who have made a difference in our civil society.
Unit: Concepts of Leadership
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To enable students to identify the personal attributes of those individual volunteers who chose to be involved in the abolition movement and in the fight for women's suffrage.
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Grades:
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To enable students to understand the contributions and sacrifices made by the Mormons and their leaders in the development of the West.
Unit: Philanthropy in History
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Students will create a web that incorporates the values that were discussed in the reading of Our Journey West.
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
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Students will learn about federal social service programs over time and SNAP, the food assistance program....
Unit: Music of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968
Grades:
6
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Students will experience the aesthetics of music and tie that experience into how the "freedom songs" may have motivated the Civil Rights activists as they sought to aid the common good.
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (3-5)
Grades:
3
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5
The students 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, the students may propose ways to influence...
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Unit: Put Your Hands in Mine (6th Grade)
Grades:
6
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Students connect the concepts/practices of fairness, justice, tolerance, togetherness, and equality to the advancement of human and civil rights. Students share ideas about how they can promote the common good and lead positive social changes.