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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will use various investigative procedures to compile a list of government or volunteer service opportunities.
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Unit: We the People... Project
Unit: This Land Is Our Land - Flourish or Perish?
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will describe the essential elements of life and democracy. They will explain that without the proper materials, plants are unable to grow and thrive; without an active citizenry, democracy cannot grow and prosper.
Unit: Are You a River Keeper?
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will focus on the effect the speed of water has on erosion rate and the deposition of sediment with learners using inference to draw conclusions. Learners will relate commons, stewardship and the roles of all sectors in reducing rates...
Unit: Growing an Environmental Steward
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is to provide the learners with knowledge of landscape environments and more specifically landscape environments around their own homes, school, and community, so they can be better informed stewards about conservation.
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Unit: Rise of Foundations and Nonprofits (The)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
To have the learners analyze, interpret and evaluate an annual report of a foundation or nonprofit organization and answer questions in relation to it, and to participate in class discussions regarding budgets, fundraising, and distribution of funds.
Unit: Phil's Garden of Good
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Grades:
K
1
2
In this lesson, the students will gain respect for the beauty and value of plants and the natural environment. Students will learn how various conditions affect the growth of plants. They will also compare the love and care needed by plants to the love and care needed by people also. Students...
Unit: Foundations and You
Unit:
Grades:
3
4
5
Students write a grant proposal to the Youth Advisory Committee of a Community Foundation to support a local youth initiative.
Unit: Money Smart Teens (6-8)
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson teaches and reinforces the “economic way of thinking” along with the personal finance terms: spend, save, invest and donate in the context of making economic decisions or choices with money. The concepts of philanthropy and contributing to the common good are integrated into the...