Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson highlights the importance of monitoring speech. Students develop an understanding of the positive and negative effects of speech and are encouraged to use speech only for good.
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Unit: Repairing the World (Private-Religious)
Unit: ECHO, ECHO, ECHO—Each Can Help Others
Grades:
6
7
8
Students define philanthropy as giving time, talent, or treasure for the common good. They learn about community philanthropy and make a presentation persuading others to act philanthropically in a specific way (volunteering, contributing to a nonprofit, or...
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will use persuasive speech techniques to encourage philanthropy in others.
Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students prepare a one-minute speech about themselves using an object as a device to share a story and help others remember their name and something about them. ...
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
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Unit: Social Justice: Here! There! Now! Then!
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will explain how effective writers and orators manage language in order to move others to action for the common good. By exploring principles of rhetoric and effective communication, the learners will see that they too can marshal words to effect change on contemporary issues they...
Unit: Power to Make a Difference (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will investigate “Make a Difference Day,” and local community or state philanthropic organizations. The information about the organizations will be presented to the class and a class decision will be made about how the students can participate with the chosen group for “Make a...
Unit: We are the Positive School Culture
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, the students carry out their service plan to promote a positive school climate, then reflect on its impact and demonstrate their service-learning process to an audience.
Unit: Philanthropists in the Community (5th Grade)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students examine the possibilities for philanthropy in the many communities to which they belong from family to national. They learn about some nationally recognized philanthropists and their contributions of time, talent, or treasure. ...
Unit: For the Well-Being of Our Citizens
Grades:
9
10
11
12
In times of economic difficulties, people often look to the Federal Government to solve their problems. Learners will compare two presidents and view how they saw the role of the Federal Government in times of difficulty. They will also see that both presidents felt there was a need for...
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