Through the use of simulation, the students identify factors that facilitate finding employment. The students work cooperatively to problem solve, create personal resumes, and reflect on their experiences with a job fair and resume writing....
In this lesson, students learn about the interconnectedness of the ecosystem and its impact on the economy of a region. Students will examine both biotic and abiotic ecosystem components and link these to historical industries of the region. Students will investigate the long-term sustainability...
Practice making a decision using principles of majority rule and minority rights.
Students will explain that, in the United States, it is the people who hold the power, not the government.
Students will identify factions in society and recognize the problems/dangers/benefits of factional activities and/or fighting.
The students experience a simulation demonstrating unequal treatment and discuss justice and fairness. Students will reflect on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of equality and his actions as a philanthropist.
Students will recognize the value of volunteerism in accomplishing worthy goals.
Learners will analyze the new philanthropists, who they are, what they give, who they give to, their personal qualities, and how they hold people and organizations accountable for their philanthropic efforts.
This lesson includes a simulation that helps children understand the number of people in the world who are food insecure. The simulation generates empathy for the injustice of the unequal distribution of food. They learn that food is unequally distributed and discuss how they feel about taking...
Learners will develop a graphic way of visualizing the concept of a million by utilizing what had happened to the Nashua River due to the dumping of raw sewage in 1962. In the first class period, the learners will be introduced to the concept of a million by creating containers that will hold a...