Grades:
9
10
11
12
What is the value of a name? Students discuss the meaning and purpose that is communicated in the name of an organization and the names of people. ...
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Unit: Foundations: Unit Two of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Unit: Civic Virtue in Modern American Democracy
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners analyze examples from history of civic virtue and then select the characteristics they believe are most important for enduring citizen engagement....
Unit: Telling Our Stories of Giving
Grades:
6
7
8
Students become familiar with the structure of the newspaper and the purpose of the different types of articles as they explore "stories" about acts of giving and sharing time, talent, and treasure for the common good. Students recognize the types of voices and articles in the newspaper. They...
Unit: My Healthy Plate
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Grades:
3
4
5
Students learn to properly "dress" their plate with foods from each of the food groups. Students will also compare the foods in the Kids' Food Basket Sack Supper to the food groups on My Plate. Students volunteer their time to prepare or pack meals for a local food distribution charity. ...
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Unit: Painting Pictures with Poetry: Art from the Heart
Grades:
6
7
8
Young people discuss examples of philanthropy in poems and quotations. They write an expression of philanthropy using the poetic conventions of metaphor, simile, and personification. These statements could be used as the text for greeting cards produced for an Art from the...
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Unit: Singing a Song of Community
Grades:
3
4
5
The book When Marian Sang inspires listeners about Marian Anderson's historic performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 and her struggles as an African American artist. They learn through experience how the concept of serial reciprocity influences the common good.
Unit: Time, Talent, Treasure, and Economics
Grades:
3
4
5
Giving homemade blankets to help people who are homeless or young people in the hospital is a form of philanthropy (giving treasure). What is the best way to donate? Using a decision-making model, the young people compare blanket projects and determine whether they have the time,...
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students participate in a role-play of fair and unfair decision-making. They identify behaviors that promote and create barriers to making decisions. After a read-aloud, students compare the lesson in the text to real-life situations.
Unit: Living In a Community
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Grades:
K
1
2
The students recognize that their classroom is a community because the students are brought together for a common purpose. The students are encouraged to be philanthropic within their classroom, school and family. They analyze how philanthropy and trust affect the common good of the community....
Unit: Community Philanthropy
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Grades:
3
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5
Create a past, present, and future timeline of personal philanthropy. ...