The learner will:

• select one of the five service organizations from the previous lesson for further investigation.
  
• organize the activities of the selected organization chronologically.

Anticipatory Set:
Ask the class, "How many of you could describe one of your philanthropic organizations using ten important details? Seven? Four?"

• This lesson is an extension of the previous unit. Each student will be asked to select one of the philanthropic organizations they researched for their chart in the previous lesson. A sample list is included toward the end of the lesson under Bibliographic References.
  
  
• The students will continue to investigate the organization selected but in more detail.
  
  
• Using the Internet and/or print materials (Almanac, telephone book, text, pamphlets, etc.), students will gather information about their philanthropic organization. This information should include:
  

  • The date the organization was founded.
    
  • The history of the organization.
    
  • This should include the founders, the history of the organization's growth, a chronological listing of events or activities of the organization, and milestones in the history of the organization.
    
  • Goals of the organization.
    
  • The location of the organization's headquarters
    
  • Where the organization is active: locally, nationally, internationally
    
    

  In small groups or in pairs, students will research a philanthropic organization and parallel events in history that would link them together. The instructor should define the time period that will be used (i.e., U.S. History from 1900-1995).
  The following would be examples that could be used:
  

  • Shortly after the beginning of WWII (1941), the Red Cross established its blood donor program in the U.S.
    
  • The beginning of WWII also marked the beginning of the USO in the United States.
    
    

  Students will prepare a written outline of the information gathered.

• Print materials from various organizations will be helpful.
  
  
• Encyclopedias have information on major organizations.
  
  
• A time line of major philanthropic events has been constructed and can be viewed by going to Internet address http://learningtogive.org selecting "Resource Room," then "Timelines (Historic and Philanthropic)."
  
  
• Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. Touchstone Books, 1991. ISBN: 067174271X.
  
  
• Hirsch, E. D., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. ISBN: 0395655978.

  Note: A sample list of organizations follows from this unit's Lesson One-A: Defining Philanthropy - Who's Phil's Aunt Thropy? Internet links from previous lessons are also included.

Philanthropic Organizations:

• The American Red Cross
  
  
• The United Way
  
  
• Habitat for Humanity
  
  
• UNICEF
  
  
• Sierra Club
  
  
• League of Women Voters
  
  
• Hospitals, Cancer Society, Hospice and other health care organizations.
  
  
• Service organizations such as Lions International, Rotary, and Kiwanis.
  
  
• Mutual benefit societies such as Chamber of Commerce, Sororities, and Fraternities.
  
  
• Religious-based organizations such as YWCA or YMCA.

Internet Resources:

• http://www.agmconnect.org/RCP/overview.htm
  
  
• http://learningtogive.org
  Click on "Resource Room"
  
  
• Individual organizations can be located by using their name, i.e., www.unitedway.org