This lesson is designed to enlarge students' thinking about the famous suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Although she is best known for this role, she was active in six different causes as an abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights...
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Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
This lesson introduces Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her involvement with the woman's movement. Students put her work in the context of the time and compare her strategy and impact to other movements. ...
This lesson will explore the contributions made by Clara Barton as a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross. This is an example of the women from the Industrial Era making a difference through contributions to society. This lesson incorporates a service project connecting the students to...
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Students view primary documents from black leader Ida B. Wells in the late 1800s and identify the fundamental components of philanthropic leadership through difficult times....
Unit: Bridges for All
Students read about voluntarism during the Civil War and Reconstruction and today.
Unit: What Does It Take?
Students will become aware of women and minority figures who have made a difference in a civil society.
Unit: Bullying Prevention Plan
In this lesson, learners will explore and address the following questions: Who are the minority voices of the past and how has the civil society sector stepped in to protect their rights? What actions were effective? What public policies are in place to protect them? Who are the bullied today...
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 6)
Learners recognize that famous philanthropists started with small acts of kindness before they performed the influential acts that we remember them for. Students define caring through discussion of examples and writing an acrostic.
Unit: Philanthropists in Our Midst
Learners will describe the significant impact that philanthropists have made in American civil and political life.
Unit: Philanthropists in Our Midst: Intro. to Philanthropy Unit (9th)
Learners will identify qualities that exemplify philanthropists and recognize those qualities in a local philanthropist.