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Students learn facts about hunger and food insecurity and understand the three stages of hunger.
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In this unit the learners will define courage and relate courage to the the concept of a "hero." They will learn about a hero, Nelson Mandela, whose actions changed the course of history.
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Language Arts
Philanthropy
Social Studies
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Students explore the importance of limited government and citizen participation in their communities for the common good. Students research the local community foundation, raise funds, and learn parliamentary procedure.
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Media / Technology
Philanthropy
Social Studies
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Learners recognize that famous philanthropists started with small acts of kindness before they performed the influential acts that we remember them for. Learners define caring through discussion of examples and create an acrostic using the word CARING.
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Language Arts
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Arts Education
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This unit allows learners to investigate and expand their understanding of caring and to identify things or people they care about.
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Language Arts
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Grade Levels:
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This unit asks learners to choose their favorite heroes from the "Star Wars" or other movies and identify acts of courage. Using charts created in lesson one, learners find hero traits related to courage and facing daunting challenges.
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Language Arts
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Grades:
6
7
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Students use standard software as they develop, research, and present a project related to community nonprofits.
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The learners will be introduced to philanthropy and be able to generate examples of various ways the community is impacted, either by individuals, families or community organizations.
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The identification of the services provided by for-profit, nonprofit and governmental organizations and the drawing of community map that not only identifies the various services provided by these community organizations but also maps areas of need in the community form the intent of this lesson...
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Using the three economic sectors (for-profit, government, nonprofit) the learners will identify and categorize local organizations into one of these three economic sectors, They will write letters to those in the nonprofit sector in an effort to determine if and how their services might be ...
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