Philanthropy and You
Unit of 3 Lessons
Grade Levels:
3
4
5
Subjects:
Arts Education
Language Arts
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Keywords:
Issue Area:
Civil society
Focus Question
How does an individual use personal interests and strengths to impact the common good?
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Unit Overview
Students define philanthropy and identify examples in history. They reflect on their own acts of philanthropy in their day to day life.
Service Experience
Students will team up with members of a retirement community to accomplish learning tasks.
Lessons in This Unit
The purpose of this lesson is to examine the tradition of giving and sharing in Indigenous communities and to learn about philanthropy in other cultures.
Explore the meaning of philanthropy through a Native American legend.
Conducting research about activists from different cultures helps youth recognize Human Rights and the relationship to philanthropic values.