Tell me a story...
Once, long ago, a poor brahmin was given an ox calf in repayment for a debt. The calf was the Buddha in an earlier birth. The brahmin delighted in the tiny creature and cared for it well.
Once, long ago, a poor brahmin was given an ox calf in repayment for a debt. The calf was the Buddha in an earlier birth. The brahmin delighted in the tiny creature and cared for it well.
The purpose of this lesson is to have students name and recognize nonprofit organizations within the local community.
Students view primary documents to explore public policy on service. They make meaning of the government role and citizen responsibility in civic action. They make a personal plan of service based on their available time, talent, and treasure.
Students will recognize different job opportunities available in the nonprofit sector and identify people in the community who have positions in nonprofit organizations.
To learn about challenges that nonprofits face when fundraising for their organization and spending money on programs.
Students explore the effects of hunger and its role in the lives of children.
Students learn how poverty and hunger are related.
To have students partner with a nonprofit organization to design and complete a service-learning project for that organization.
In the third trimester of the Urban EdVenture course, students begin work on the final project in collaboration with their homeroom teachers. Each...
For students to choose a cause to which they have a personal connection and write letters to advocate for change.
(A song/chant in the Hopi language)