Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me! (3-5)
Unit of 1 Lesson
Grade Levels:
3
4
5
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: Floods in Pakistan by Asian Development Bank 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
Students organize a fundraiser to help victims of a disaster.
Lessons in This Unit
Unit:
Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me! (3-5)
Lesson 1 of 1
Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson introduces learners to taking personal action to respond to a crisis or disaster. They learn vocabulary terms spend, save, and donate, as well as the definition of philanthropy (giving time, talent, and treasure, and taking action for the common good).