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K
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Young people play with other children, showing that trust, collaboration, and thinking of the good of all are part of fun group activities.
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Unit: Our Playful Community
Unit: Encouraging Community Engagement
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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Unit: TeachOne: Coming Together for Environmental Action
Grades:
6
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The learners explore the building grounds or neighborhood, looking for places that need extra attention and stewardship. When they find a spot to care for, they must find out who the stakeholders are and interview them. Listening to different perspectives before making a plan of action shows...
Unit: Personal Well-Being for the Good of All
Grades:
6
7
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Recognizing that each person has their own story as complex and meaningful as one's own, we build empathy and connection to others. When we take care of our own worries, needs, and joys, we can be better balanced for collaborating with others for a better world.
Unit: This Land Is Our Land (Stewardship) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
K
1
2
Although the problems of the environment seem overwhelming, if each person does a little, the problems can be reduced. Even small contributions make an impact on the environment. Students choose ways they can make an impact through their small...
Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
6
7
8
For students to choose a cause to which they have a personal connection and write letters to advocate for change.
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Unit: Mighty Pens: Writers for Positive Change
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners write personal narratives to document activities, insights, research, impact, and discoveries of their firsthand experience with civic engagement, service, and volunteerism. By explaining involvement in action for the common good, learners raise awareness of a social issue, the need for...
Unit: Living In a Community
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Grades:
K
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Children learn that the community has four sectors: business, government, nonprofit, and family. The children may walk through an area in their local community to identify which sector is represented by different places. As an alternative, they may look at a local map.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners use metaphors to describe a trustworthy person.
Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners explore stories about a hero, Nelson Mandela, whose actions changed the course of history.