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Children hear a true story about a woman who performs a brave act related to education for the common good. They identify the benefit shared by the whole community. They define philanthropy and common good.
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Unit: Global Education: Why Learn?
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
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Grades:
3
4
5
Learners define respect first for themselves, then as a group, they discuss the meaning of respect in different situations.
Unit: Philanthropy and You
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Grades:
3
4
5
Conducting research about activists from different cultures helps youth recognize Human Rights and the relationship to philanthropic values.
Unit: Tolerance (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
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12
Learners will define the term tolerance and examine their reactions to given social situations that call for tolerance.
Grades:
9
10
11
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Learners will examine the ethical foundations of tolerance from the Torah and understand what it means in both the religious and social context.
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
Grades:
9
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11
12
Students conduct and evaluate their service project, then celebrate their success. After the service project, invite guests, volunteers, community members, and other students to celebrate with the class.
Grades:
9
10
11
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Students research the practices of healthy exercise. They identify a topic related to good nutrition and personal health and write 3-5 facts to share with the class. They identify nonprofits that work to address related health needs and contact them by phone to ask questions.
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Grades:
9
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11
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Students collaboratively choose a community health need to address, plan the logistics for their service project, and document their planning process.
Unit: Road Less Traveled
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Grades:
6
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8
In this lesson, participants read quotes and background on European Americans that exemplify their giving traditions. They listen and summarize passages, and then illustrate one person's view or experience and place the illustration and quote on a classroom...
Unit: Giving to Others (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The purpose of this lesson is to teach learners how to give charity, to whom one should give charity, and to what extent/amount of charity is to be given. The lesson follows the examples and teachings of Maimonides (the Rambam) as well as interpretations and extensions of ancient Biblical laws...