Grades:
6
7
8
Through writing, learners reflect on their own plans for taking responsibility rather than leaving things to others.
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Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
Unit: Justice and Kindness Play a Part
Grades:
6
7
8
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10
11
12
Youth raise awareness of ways to advocate for justice and kindness and bring positive change in their school, community, and world.
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students explore the effects of hunger and its role in the lives of children.
Unit: Selflessness in Community
Grades:
K
1
2
Children look at Comanche art and identify the meaning of symbols. The children create art representing important ideas in their self awareness and social awareness.
Unit: Power and Race in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Grades:
6
7
8
Readers examine the lasting effects of power, privilege, and discrimination on communities.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
In response to the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, learners reflect on the barriers and challenges to addressing an unfair situation. Given a list of ways to respond to unfair situations, they match them to a list of unfair situations.
Unit: Exploring the Timeline of US Philanthropy
Grades:
6
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8
9
10
11
12
The Free Breakfast for Children Program of the 1960s exemplified mutual aid and differed from traditional charity while still being a form of philanthropy. We discover and learn how the people of a community most affected by issues, including young people, are sometimes the most able to...
Unit: Immigrant and Refugee Experiences "Kids Are Philanthropists Too!" Podcast
Grades:
3
4
5
6
7
8
In this episode of the Kids Are Philanthropists too! podcast, we continue to explore immigrant and refugee experiences with a personal story from special guest Agnes Leshner.
Our host is Amy Neugebauer with 11-12-year-old co-hosts Jayden, Alona, Leo, Ismahil,...
Unit: Philanthropic Behavior
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Grades:
K
1
2
Young people envision what they would like their shared space or classroom to look like, feel like, and sound like in order for it to be a safe, fair, and fun learning environment. They come to a consensus about what behaviors lead to this goal.
Unit: Philanthropy—A Day at the Beach
Grades:
3
4
5
Introduce the concept of philanthropy and guide the learners to be philanthropists who take volunteer action for the common good.