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Unit: My Water, Our Water
Unit: Living In a Community
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This lesson introduces the definition of a community and explores how communities come together to help or address a need.
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The children recognize they form a community when they are brought together for a common purpose. They are encouraged to be philanthropic within interest groups, schools, and families to build trust and for the common good of the community.
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The children explore attributes of the community in which they live. They compare ways to be generous in rural, urban, and suburban communities.
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Children learn that the community has four sectors: business, government, nonprofit, and family. The children may walk through an area in their local community to identify which sector is represented by different places. As an alternative, they may look at a local map.
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The children select a service project based on interests and abilities, and community needs. They plan and carry out the project. Some community projects may include fixing up a park, helping at the library, helping a neighbor, building bird houses for the nature center, and making banners...
Unit: Philanthropy—A Day at the Beach
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Introduce the concept of philanthropy and guide the learners to be philanthropists who take volunteer action for the common good.
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With guidance from a local environmental agency, prepare the youth in advance of volunteering their time to clean up a lake or river for the common good. Arrange a field trip that includes picking up trash and recording the data.
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This lesson is a reflection on the beach clean-up experience.
Unit: Civil War Philanthropy
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We learn about the brave work of a Quaker, Laura Smith Haviland, who used her ties and talent to lead anti-slavery work before, during, and after the Civil War.