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This lesson will expose learners to philanthropy in three different genre of literature: a play, a fable, and a parable.
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Unit: Philanthropy in Literature
Unit: Truth, Trash and Treasure
Grades:
6
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Through an understanding of the terms, rights and responsibilities, learners will investigate how democracy in the United States makes civic virtue possible. How do people in a democratic state use their right to be responsible citizens by practicing the idea of civic virtue?...
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
Discussion of the book The Three Questions guides youth to be aware of people and needs around them and the importance of service as a response to the needs of others.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty at Westminster
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Unit: Getting to Know the Community
Grades:
6
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To introduce the four sectors of a civil society: government, market, nonprofit and household.
Grades:
6
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Students will be taking the role of city planners and will design a sound community by addressing land use and opportunity costs.
Unit: What a Wonderful World—Changes Through Time
Grades:
3
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5
This lesson guides students to pursue an intergenerational friendship. Through literature, students also recognize the joy of sharing time, talent, and/or treasure—something kind and unexpected–with people about whom they care. Through literature students recognize the richness of developing...
Unit: Power of One—Everyday Heroes for the Common Good (The)
Grades:
6
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8
Students will describe the work of foundations and nonprofits, identify local foundations in the community, and explain why the people connected with these organizations can be considered local heroes.
Unit: Whose Job Is It?
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Grades:
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To expose learners to first-hand accounts of the function of non-profits in various nations of the world, and share that information with the class.
Unit: Challenging Social Boundaries
Grades:
9
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11
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Students will describe how Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat was a continuation of long-standing acts of protest against forced segregation in public spaces in the South. They will explain how her action, which ushered change in public transportation, was heroic.
Unit: Faces of the Community (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
The students examine the motivations and work of the painters Van Gogh and Gauguin who were driven by a need to benefit society through art. The students learn how artwork portrays ethnicity and then draw their own portraits to create a display of the diverse faces of the community.
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