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Young people identify examples of philanthropy in a classic piece of literature. Note: One handout has Biblical applications of the storyline. ...
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Unit: Worthless to Priceless: It's all Relative
Grades:
6
7
8
Students read and discuss the folktale "The Drum," a folktale from India. Students determine the central message of selfless giving (giving without expectation of reward) and write and produce a play that communicates that message clearly. They perform it for an appropriate audience.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to a variety of specific nonprofits and their representatives who address topics such as the organization's mission, financial support, and work.
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Unit: Pitch In Philanthropic Puppet Project
Grades:
3
4
5
Young people perform their puppet plays in order to teach others about environmental issues. They reflect on this project by writing an answer to some essential questions of the unit: What does it mean to be a philanthropist? What does it mean to be an environmentalist?
Grades:
3
4
5
In this lesson, young people create story scripts from the research and facts collected in Lesson One: Digging Up the Facts. The scripts include setting, one character per child, problem, solution, and a beginning, middle and end. Young people edit and...
Unit: Cultural Pluralism in Young Adult Literature—Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will analyze the insidious effects of feelings of superiority/inferiority and discrimination on others.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students role-play familiar scenarios in ways that follow the rules and support straightforward communication and also ways that do not support the rules. They discuss the value of rules for promoting the common good. This lesson extends over this class period and the next (Lesson Three is a...
Grades:
6
7
8
This is a continuation of the previous lesson. Students role-play familiar scenarios in ways that follow the rules and support straightforward communication and also ways that do not support the rules. They discuss the value of rules for promoting the common good.
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
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Grades:
3
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5
Students examine how their understanding of respect evolved. This will be achieved by creating and completing a reflection/demonstration project that illustrates what respect for self, others, property and environment looks likes....
Unit: The Heat Is On: A Unit Concerning Global Warming
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners will apply their new knowledge by completing a project designed to teach others about global warming....