Students will recognize the linguistic strategies that Alice Walker uses in her introduction to Anything You Love Can Be Saved that persuade readers to believe in her causes, and thus begin to think about techniques that they can use in their own activist writing, which they will do in...
Parents, children, and educators will recognize how young people feel when they are pressured to meet milestones and be like other people. This simple story about dragons and knights helps us talk with children about the gifts of people who are differently abled.
Our tradition of caring and sharing for one another has its roots in the creation of humanity b’tzelem elohim, (in the Divine image). That concept is explained in concrete terms by Maimonides (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) and helps form an ethical imperative that sanctifies our everyday...
Hands On Philanthropy is a nationally recognized semester-long course that introduces students to the importance of philanthropy in society and philanthropy’s historical and philosophical role.
by Alyson Landers
Definition
The students will use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving.
Discuss when permission is needed in order to perform an act of philanthropy. Learn and practice a song about giving.
Participants identify the attributes of a hero who is acting for the common good. Mother Teresa is a hero for her philanthropic work and character.
