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This lesson will help students understand the importance of sharing their talents with others. While written for a Catholic Elementary School, this lesson may be easily adapted for public school use .
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Unit: This I Can Do!
Unit: Around the World
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Using the themes and content of geography, learners examine and demonstrate knowledge of cultural elements and traditions of selected nations of the world and how they impact philanthropy and stewardship in world regions.
Unit: Using Our Talents for the Common Good
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Students will determine which group would be in need of their talents.
Unit: Who Am I and How Does This Impact Where I Am Going?
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Learners will describe the work of nonprofits and research their role in the local community. They will research which local nonprofits welcome the work of volunteers and provide a data base for other students who are looking for community service opportunities.
Unit: Encouraging Volunteerism
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Grades:
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Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
Unit: Caring About the Community
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K
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The students respond to A Chair for my Mother by identifying ways families save and spend money. They will then identify how savings can accumulate over a period of time....
Unit: Defining Philanthropy
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Students use writing skills and critical thinking to write a poem about a philanthropist....
Unit: Grow Involved 3-5
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Students respond to a fiction story and identify acts of service and kindness (philanthropy). They learn about plants and grow and donate plants to others....
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Unit: How Did We Help?
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Students will research the "Society of Friends"/ Quakers and describe how this group promoted the common good. The Quakers pushed for religious freedom and freedom of choice, which are Core Democratic Values. As a group, they formed organizations to promote social...
Unit: The Joy of a Garden (3rd Grade)
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3
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Through literature, students see a garden as a place where an individual can go for inner peace and solitude. They show environmental responsibility by sharing a garden within a community.