Grades:
6
7
8
Learners demonstrate understanding of integrity by reflecting and writing in response to quotes or personal experiences related to integrity.
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Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Unit: Our Unique Legacy of Giving
Grades:
6
7
8
This beautiful documentary The Gift of All: a Community of Givers shares the motivations and attributes of the generous people interviewed. In response, the learners create their own short biographies of philanthropists in their community.
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
Play matching games on teams to gain familiarity with terms associated with philanthropy.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
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Unit: Powerful Words Can Warm the Heart
Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson illustrates the value of art and artists to a community and shows that art is maintained through philanthropy.
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Unit: We Are Divine Creations (Tolerance) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
6
7
8
Our lives are the results of billions of decisions. Not only the big decisions – law school or skydiving classes, but the small decisions as well – do you greet someone or pass by? Do you extend a helping hand or the back of it? What we decide determines the course of lives, the content of our...
Unit: Foundations: Unit Two of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
10
11
12
What is the value of a name? Students discuss the meaning and purpose that is communicated in the name of an organization and the names of people.
Unit: What Is a Youth Advisory Committee?
Grades:
3
4
5
Together, the participants write a grant proposal to request funds to complete an identified service project.
Unit: Philanthropy—A Day at the Beach
Grades:
3
4
5
Introduce the concept of philanthropy and guide the learners to be philanthropists who take volunteer action for the common good.
Unit: What Goes Around, Comes Around!
Grades:
3
4
5
Artists contribute to the common good by sharing their talents. The nonprofit sector supports artists with funding, museums, and attention or education. We learn how artists' work is supported by philanthropy and nonproft organizations that assure we have access to art. Young...
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners analyze characters in five European folktales, particularly female characters. They analyze what small acts of kindness contribute to both the giver and receiver.