The class spends three days exploring world hunger, food insecurity, nutrition, and the process of farm to table food production. This guides them toward their group projects. 

We look at the Society of Friends/Quakers and describe how this group promoted the common good. The Quakers pushed for religious freedom and freedom of choice, which are Core Democratic Values. As a group, they formed organizations to promote social change in the areas of slavery,...

We define the third sector and explain why it is important to minority groups who accessed and used it as an alternative power structure....

We examine the Core Values of American Democracy and discuss their importance and where we are exposed to them and practice them throughout life.

Young people learn about the variety of ways citizens can become active participants in the community: political parties, interest groups, voting, and providing public service. ...

Jane Addams is a model philanthropist in action, improving many situations through volunteerism and advocacy, not only in the city of Chicago, but also at state, national and international levels.

Learners explore the variety of job opportunities available in the nonprofit sector, many of which may use their skills and interests. In the nonprofit sector, the work is meaningful because it focuses on a mission to make change for the better. ...

Participants discuss the attributes and benefits of local water resources and ecosystems. They identify the interrelatedness of humans and the environment in the book A River Ran Wild, and discuss how the way we treat the water impacts our lives....

Learners recognize the value of nonprofit organizations and identify how nonprofits meet citizen needs when government can't.

Students will distinguish the nonprofit sector from the for-profit sector.