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Grades:
6
7
8
Students will interview citizens of their community and identify examples of philanthropy.
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Unit: Doing Our Share
Unit: Refugees: Real People, Real Stories, Real Life
Grades:
6
7
8
Students build an understanding and empathy for the life of a refugee. They examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and identify rights that are denied to refugees. They connect rights and responsibilities as they determine the value to the common good of protecting rights of refugees...
Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson invites the students to make meaning of the concept of responsibility through personal and shared discussion....
Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of the lesson is to create an awareness of local agencies that provide services for needy people, teens, and families in the community. Students will also learn the motivations for giving and see how help is provided to the community through the four sectors of the economy. Students...
Unit: Laws, What Are They Good For?
Grades:
3
4
5
Learners will demonstrate knowledge of the elements of community building, individual and civic responsibility. They will participate in the decision making process of rule, law and procedure making.
Unit: Learning About Philanthropy-Diocesan Standard
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will recognize time, talent, and treasure as components of stewardship and philanthropy. While written for a Catholic Elementary School, the lesson may be easily adapted for public school use.
Unit: Living History-An Intergenerational Philanthropy Project
Grades:
3
4
5
In this lesson the students prepare for their visit to the retirement home. First the students create and use a personal timeline and questionnaire to write their autobiographies to be used as the author page in the Living History Book. The class will work together to come up with questions to...
Unit: Building a Mini-Park and Bird Sanctuary
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will identify an area that would benefit from a mini-park.
Unit: Cinderella Project
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Grades:
K
1
2
The lesson emphasis is on the shoe motif in Cinderella as well as the philanthropic ideals of giving and helping others. A service learning project will be developed where students create a "shoe drive" to donate to children in need.
Unit: The Power of Children
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students evaluate their learning about philanthropy and the process of selecting a service-learning project. They write a guided reflection on their experience. ...
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