Learning to Give, Curriculum Division of The LEAGUE
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Unit Overview:
- define philanthropy and identify examples of it in their daily lives.
- recognize the need for and purpose of stewardship.
- write a story identifying stewardship and encourage others to be good stewards.
Unit Purpose:
Unit Objectives:
Students will:
- identify philanthropic examples in everyday life.
- complete the stewardship surveys.
- use vocabulary related to stewardship in a poem.
- identify their talents and what they do with their time and treasures.
Service Experience:
Students will meet with younger students to present a story about a character who uses their time, talent, or treasure to help others. They will present these stories that they have written as a gift.
Unit Assessment:
Students will role-play philanthropic activities. They will also create acrostic poems using the word stewardship. Students will write a story for younger students about a character that uses his/her time, talent or treasure to help the world or others. Students will answer journal questions as a way of demonstrating their understanding of philanthropy.
Notes for Teaching:
While written for a Catholic Elementary School, the lesson may be easily adapted for public school use.
State Curriculum and Philanthropy Theme Frameworks:
See individual lessons for benchmark detail.
Lessons Developed and Piloted By:
Kelly Serwick VanSkiver
Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids
St. Alphonsus Elementary School
228 Carrier St, NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
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