Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to the concept of philanthropy
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Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students analyze survey results, choose a community health need, and design a service project to address it.
Unit: Tikkun Olam (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Having gained an understanding of the need for the world to be fixed, the learners will now identify specific social problems and create projects and programs to help fix them.
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Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Play a fast-paced game to practice saying names. Discuss the importance of using names. ...
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Unit: What Is a Youth Advisory Committee?
Grades:
3
4
5
A youth from a Community Foundation Youth Advisory Committee speaks to the group about the program, their duties, and the process of applying for a grant to do service work.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will consider obstacles to persevering and write creative "one-liners" to help them face obstacles with creativity, determination and humor....
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Grades:
6
7
8
Perseverance involves staying with a task even if it is difficult. Students identify obstacles they must overcome in order to stay on a task and/or reach a goal. Students identify having a plan and team work as strategies to persevere....
Unit: Advisory—A Call to Action
Grades:
6
7
8
Groups will collaborate to identify significant events and organizations in American history that involve philanthropy and share their findings with other student groups within the school.
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
These activities help youth see the web of communities to which they belong and define what it means to be a member of a community.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty at Westminster...