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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:
9
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Students learn about the philanthropic work of Jane Addams.
Unit: Concepts of Leadership
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Grades:
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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: 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: Philanthropy in History
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Grades:
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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: Environment: Sustaining Our World (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
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: Music of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968
Grades:
6
7
8
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: Farm to Table and Food Security
Grades:
6
7
8
Students clarify the goals and parameters of their project based on the call to action from Lesson One. They use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to determine what they know about the project and what they need to know (questions/inquiry about the project). The teacher provides a...