Grades:
6
7
8
To help students understand important events in U.S. History during the time period of the setting for the novel Of Mice and Men; these include westward expansion, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
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Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to the concept of philanthropy
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Grades:
11
12
To have students find a problem that needs to be solved or a cause in which they have interest and develop a creative presentation to the class.
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Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to the financial side of operating a nonprofit organization and to the financial reporting they are required to do for the IRS.
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Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students identify emergency food assistance programs and stereotypes surrounding hunger.
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore the effects of hunger and its role in the lives of children.
Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn how poverty and hunger are related.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to a significant community donor and to learn about various motives for giving, a vision for philanthropy, and why and how young people should learn philanthropy.
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Grades:
11
12
To learn about challenges that nonprofits face when fundraising for their organization and spending money on programs.
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Unit: Hurricane Katrina / Great Hanshin-Awaji Disaster Collaboration
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson introduces the learner to some of the resources--individual, organizational (for profit and non profit), and governmental-- available to provide forewarning/alert, preparedness programs, as well as relief during and in the aftermath of natural disasters.