Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students imagine they were given $500,000 to award to a nonprofit organization of their choice. They explore options and discuss how to determine which is a good issue and organization to donate their funds. ...
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Unit: Foundations: Unit Two of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Unit: Philanthropy Is Everywhere
Grades:
3
4
5
Students discover that corporations often give generously to support community causes, programs, and issues. They look and listen for names of companies that donate or sponsor efforts to make a better world and research the local companies that give back.
Unit: Investing In Others (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students explore the benefits and costs of credit and using a credit card. The group will explore the following question: As consumers, how might the choices we make affect global poverty?...
Unit: Funding the Arts
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn how nonprofit organizations contribute to the common good by supporting the arts. They role-play as members of the board of a foundation focused on the Arts who are making a funding recommendation to bring the Arts to the children of the community.
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Unit: Rise of Foundations and Nonprofits (The)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
To have the learners analyze, interpret and evaluate an annual report of a foundation or nonprofit organization and answer questions in relation to it, and to participate in class discussions regarding budgets, fundraising, and distribution of funds.
Unit: PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Nonprofit organizations contribute to the common good and social capital of the community by supporting the arts. Students role-play as members of the board of a philanthropic organization focused on the arts. They create a plan to bring the arts to the children of the community, enhancing the...
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students identify emergency food assistance programs and stereotypes surrounding hunger....
Unit: Smiles Change the World
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students reach consensus on who to recognize and plan and deliver the recognition.
Unit: Character Education: Respect (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson challenges learners to recognize prejudice and examine how they perceive others. Learners discover how prejudices are learned, and they reflect on recognizing their biases....
Unit: Teaching Tolerance (Private-Religious)
Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson emphasizes the importance of respecting others and their opinions. Students will delve deeper into their understandings of friendship and compromise, and work on a collaborative project to apply what they have learned.