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Grades:
3
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In this activity, the learners discuss and illustrate what it means to show respect for their personal identity, values, and emotions.
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Unit: What Respect Means to Me
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
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8
Learners determine different ways that they show caring. They write the things they care about in word webs related to "how" they care about each thing.
Unit: George H.W. Bush and Points of Light
Grades:
9
10
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12
Students view primary documents to explore public policy on service. They make meaning of the government role and citizen responsibility in civic action. They make a personal plan of service based on their available time, talent, and treasure.
Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
Grades:
6
7
8
Students read about the Orphan Train and compare and contrast how that philanthropic effort has evolved today.
Unit: Nonprofits in Our World and Community (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will investigate key local and national nonprofit organizations by researching their histories, services, and target populations.
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Unit: Cinderella Stories
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Grades:
K
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This lesson introduces the characteristics of fairy tales as a genre. The children explore positive and negative character traits and universal themes in the story of Cinderella. The service plan is introduced in this lesson and carried out over the next weeks.
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
Youth research and report back to the group about the nonprofit organizations that are serving their community and the many facets of community life that nonprofits are involved in.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
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Unit: Philanthropy—A Day at the Beach
Grades:
3
4
5
With guidance from a local environmental agency, prepare the youth in advance of volunteering their time to clean up a lake or river for the common good. Arrange a field trip that includes picking up trash and recording the data.
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Unit: Cultural Competence
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Young people explore demographics and definitions to better understand some of the disabilities of their peers. They discuss how we can support one another's unique expressions of self.
Unit: TeachOne: Words Bring Peace
Grades:
K
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5
In this lesson, the students learn to use their voice to say something to make the world a better place. This is an opportunity to demonstrate and feel the impact of kindness, inclusion, and listening on a caring community. Students learn from a community helper about the needs they observe in...