Researching from the perspective of one type of scientist, youth become experts on the attributes of a tropical rainforest as well as the threats to its health and impact on the globe. Youth work in teams of four to make a collage poster and presentation.
Working with current statistics, youth articulate the repercussions of rainforest destruction and how this destruction may personally affect them if deforestation continues at its present pace.
Learners identify ways for individuals, nonprofits, and governments to take action against excessive destruction of the rainforests of the world.
To help students understand the challenges of feeding a family a healthy meal on a limited budget.
Students learn from examples of people who have experienced a struggle and used surrounding resources to make something better for themselves and the people around them. Examples of "servant leadership" are taken from the Our State of Generosity...
To introduce students to Andrew Carnegie as one of the outstanding early philanthropists of the United States.
This lesson focuses on the meaning and benefits of gratitude. A book about a gratitude jar challenges us to brainstorm things they are grateful for right now. For their service project, participants 'deliver gratitude' to others in the school community by saying "thank you" and...
This lesson focuses on the meaning and benefits of gratitude. Teens research one aspect of gratitude in order to understand its relationship to health, happiness, or generosity. For their service project, they decide how they can 'deliver gratitude' to a deserving person or group. They will then...
Students research and compare statistics of the history of hunger and obesity around the world.
The students will use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving.