Grades:
K
1
2
Many students are unsure what the term homeless means or how to help those that are homeless. This lesson will help them get a better understanding of the concept through the story Selavi, That is Life: A Haitian...
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Unit: Many Hands Together Make a Lighter Load
Unit: Watch Me Grow
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Grades:
K
1
2
Through a story in which a child inspires her neighborhood to improve a vacant lot, young people recognize that they can have a positive impact on others. They brainstorm a philanthropic project to benefit the school or larger community.
Unit: Surviving the Depression—1930-1939
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will view life during the depression through primary source interviews with individuals who lived during these hard times.
Unit: Refugees: Real People, Real Stories, Real Life
Grades:
6
7
8
Through pictures, provocative questions, group discussion, and video, students explore what a refugee is, what his or her life is like, and how people can help them feel welcome and get the tools they need to survive in a new home.
Unit: Saving the Monarch
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Grades:
K
1
2
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the learners to the concept of Environmental Stewardship, community and how making an area beautiful is an act of philanthropy. Learners will look at the Monarch Butterfly and the four stages of its life cycle. They...
Unit: Lights! Camera! Take Action!
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is for students to plan and develop a video documentary. Modeling their documentary after the West Michigan documentary The Gift of All, students create a multi-media story of their community and local philanthropy. Creating and sharing the documentary is an...
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students view and discuss the DVD The Gift of All: a Community of Givers and identify the influences and attributes of the generous people interviewed. Students read, summarize, and report on short biographies of philanthropists. Students write journal reflections and create a four-...
Unit: A Voice for Children
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Grades:
6
7
8
Youth learn about basic human rights and discuss whether everyone deserves these rights. In addition, they reflect on examples of human kindness and collective action for the common good.
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Unit: Selflessness in Community
Grades:
K
1
2
Children look at Comanche art and identify the meaning of symbols. The children create art representing important ideas in their self awareness and social awareness.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students analyze and define the word perseverance as it applies to Martin Luther King, Jr.