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This lesson illustrates how one person's action for the common good can affect an entire community. ...
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Unit: Real Heroes
Unit: Drumming from the Heart
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Grades:
K
1
2
The purpose of this lesson is to have students identify the shared gifts in the folktale, "The Drum" and determine their relative value. The students brainstorm gifts they have to give (time, talent, and treasure) and the value these gifts may have to others.
Unit: Worthless to Priceless: It's all Relative
Grades:
6
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8
Students read and discuss the folktale "The Drum," a folktale from India. Students determine the central message of selfless giving (giving without expectation of reward) and write and produce a play that communicates that message clearly. They perform it for an appropriate audience.
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students explore the relative value of items to recognize that what is not valuable to them might be valued by someone else. They collect data related to the traded items in the South Asian Indian folktale "The Drum." They calculate means and averages and create line graphs, stem...
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn how poverty and hunger are related.
Unit: Native American Legend about Community (A) (3rd Grade)
Grades:
3
4
5
To review the idea of philanthropy and community through a Native American legend in which people take action in response to a community need.
Unit: Be the Change: Democracy
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Grades:
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Students create a final project tying together their knowledge of voting, rights, laws, and public office.
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Unit: Grow Involved 3-5
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Grades:
3
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5
Students listen and respond to a nonfiction literature book The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter. They discuss serving others and working for the good of the community. Students create book covers and donate them to a community organization.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
12
All cultures have rules regarding hospitality. In many folktales travelers and those without shelter and food place demands on others for assistance. They sometimes test the limits of hospitality. Learners will define hospitality and discuss its requirements.
Unit: What's All the Commotion in the Ocean?
Grades:
K
1
2
The purpose of this lesson is to motivate children to think about the ocean, it’s animals, pollution, and how to be environmental stewards by taking care of the habitat where these plants and animals live. Children will have a hands-on experience to...