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.

To engage students in cooperative learning activities to identify proper procedures for common school activities that promote the common good.

To engage students in cooperative learning activities to identify proper procedures for common school activities that promote the common good.

Through performing a short play based on the book Quiltmaker’s Gift, the students will understand the idea of using the Arts to do something for the common good....

Students will analyze the insidious effects of feelings of superiority/inferiority and discrimination on others.

Students will reflect upon how philanthropy shapes self-identity.

Students explore how people apply the Core Democratic Values in problem-solving situations. They use role-playing to demonstrate positive strategies in order to promote the common good at school.

Learners will apply their new knowledge by completing a project designed to teach others about global warming....

Students look at The Mayflower Compact and recognize that freedom to assemble and worship was the “Pilgrim's” main goal—worth all the opportunity costs. Students analyze the first amendment of the Constitution to recognize that freedom is a fundamental right in the United States.

Learners will develop a presentation for younger learners on ways to decrease the exclusion felt by others in the school environment.