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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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Unit: Encouraging Volunteerism
Unit: Community Health and Safety
Grades:
3
4
5
The group collaborates to plan, carry out, and reflect on an authentic service project that meets the health and safety needs of the community. This is based on the needs assessment conducted through surveying community members in previous lessons....
Unit: Cool Kids Compost
Unit:
Grades:
3
4
5
Students use what they learned about composting to plan and develop a service plan that meets a need related to food waste and environmental stewardship. They reflect on the impact of their service and share that with peers and/or families.
Unit: Sowing the Seeds of Community
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will evidence cooperation and philanthropy by identifying and becoming involved in a project benefiting the community....
Unit: Phil's Community Connections
Grades:
3
4
5
The class identifies a local non-profit organization and plans a service project to support the endeavor.
Unit: Newborn and Child Survival (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson students choose a service project to take action for children's health in the poorest countries. Many ideas are suggested related to Save the Children's Newborn and Child Survival Campaign. The suggested projects are calendar events and can be found in the Service...
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Unit: From Struggle to Success
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Students follow the example of philanthropists who impacted their community by cooperating rather than competing. Students identify their own giving passions and cooperate with each other and a community organization to plan a project. Examples of "cooperative philanthropists" are taken from the...
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students conduct and evaluate their service project, then celebrate their success. After the service project, invite guests, volunteers, community members, and other students to celebrate with the class.
Unit: What Will You Bring to the Table? (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students carry out a food simulation in which they discover that while there is enough food produced in the United States to feed everyone, access to food is not equal or fair. They investigate the issue of hunger locally and nationally and then plan a service project with the theme "What Will...
Unit: Many Hands Together Make a Lighter Load
Grades:
K
1
2
Many students are unsure what the term homeless means or how to help those that are homeless. This lesson will help them get a better understanding of the concept through the story Selavi, That is Life: A Haitian...