Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me!
Unit of 1 Lesson
Grade Levels:
K
1
2
Subjects:
Arts Education
Language Arts
Mathematics
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Keywords:
Issue Area:
Disaster
Focus Question
How can we be most helpful to the victims of a major disaster, such as a hurricane or earthquake?
Photo Credit: 2013 Volunteers - Cate School + MRC Packs by Direct Relief is licensed under CC by 2.0
Unit Overview
The most effective way to help people recover from a natural disaster may be to donate funds. This lesson introduces vocabulary terms spend, save, and donate and explores different styles of philanthropy.
Service Experience
The learners will collect donations for disaster relief through acting as advocates for the cause to their families and school community. They will choose a relief organization(s) to contribute to the specific disaster relief.
Lessons in This Unit
Unit:
Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me!
Lesson 1 of 1
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson introduces ways to respond with empathy and generosity to a natural disaster. Young people learn about civic responsibility and addressing needs. They define vocabulary terms philanthropy, spend, save, and donate.