Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to fundraising and to guide them as they raise funds that will be used by the class for grantmaking to selected organizations
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Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to the grantmaking process
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Unit: Social Action Project (The)
Grades:
6
7
8
The students will write a business letter to the service professional organization they have chosen requesting information about the organization and its cause. This information will be the foundation for the research paper each student will write.
Unit: Writers as Activists
Unit:
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will identify causes that they care about and use writing as a tool to make a difference, using the persuasive writing techniques that they identified in previous lessons, by either writing to a lawmaker or a letter to the editor of a newspaper.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore ways to be honest in communication, writing with clear purpose and honest intent.
Unit: Kids Can Make a Difference
Grades:
3
4
5
The classroom is matched up with another classroom in the country or the world. The students communicate by letter or e-mail and compare characteristics of place such as methods of transportation, weather, resources and culture. Students will eventually work with their pen pal classroom to design...
Unit: Just What Is a YAC (Youth Advisory Committee)?
Grades:
3
4
5
To organize and write a grant proposal to complete an identified service project.
Unit: Helping Children Learn
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will actively help younger children write and edit their own pattern books. They will determine the value of their service learning project to the betterment of the community.
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: Bridging the Gap
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will expose students to philanthropic needs and actions in literature and evaluate them in an essay. While written for a Christian Middle School, the lesson may be easily adapted for public school use.