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To help students understand how nonprofit organizations effectively address issues of poverty, food insecurity, immigration, and disenfranchisement locally and globally. To help students experience and understand how farming works.
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Unit: Food for Thought Middle School Unit by the Westminster Schools
Unit: This Land Is Our Land (Stewardship) (Private-Religious)
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Although the problems of the environment seem overwhelming, if each person does a little, the problems can be reduced. Even small contributions make an impact on the environment. Students choose ways they can make an impact through their small...
Unit: Philanthropic Literature
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The book The Empty Pot by Demi tells a fable of a Chinese emporer who wants to find the most worthy to take his place. What does it mean to be a worthy community leader? ...
Unit: Grow Involved 3-5
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Children get inspiration from a story about kindness and community, and they identify acts of service and kindness (philanthropy) they can do for people they care about.
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Unit: Cool Kids Compost
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Students use what they learned about composting to plan and develop a service plan that meets a need related to food waste and environmental stewardship. They reflect on the impact of their service and share that with peers and/or families.
Unit: The Joy of a Garden (3rd Grade)
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3
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5
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.
Unit: Watch Me Grow
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K
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Through a story in which a child inspires her neighborhood to improve a vacant lot, young people recognize that they can have a positive impact on others. They brainstorm a philanthropic project to benefit the school or larger community.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
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6
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8
Students compare a trustworthy person to an object using the writers' devise of metaphor or simile....
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 8)
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6
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Learners read about and discuss Fair Trade and how it relates to justice, fairness, and equity.
Unit: Community Collaboration
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Using the data collected from the Blue Sky Activity in the previous lesson and the community interviews, students brainstorm possible members of the community who can help with the identified issues. Introduce students to the concept of neighborhood beautification....