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6
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8
Young people learn about environmental stewardship and its importance to all people. They carry out a service project that demonstrates environmental stewardship.
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Unit: Grow Involved 6-8
Unit: Taking a Stand for Good
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Grades:
9
10
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12
Youth read about Rosa Parks and evaluate how her protest of an unjust situation was philanthropic in nature. They learn that there are 198 methods of non-violent protests that can be used to fight injustice. The youth evaluate issues of inequity or injustice and propose nonviolent solutions...
Unit: Resolving Conflict with Respect
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K
1
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5
In civil society, different people come together to form community. While differences may cause conflict, for the sake of the common good, we practice empathy and respect for others. We use literature to talk about how people from different perspectives see the same thing. We discuss how to...
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners explore personal identity traits and discuss how a community is strengthened by similarities and differences among them. They each write a biographical poem using the provided template and their discussion notes.
Unit: Tolerance (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners will review the tolerance skills/characteristics necessary to discern and promote tolerance. They will also identify situations that call for tolerance in their daily lives.
Unit: It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners identify ways for individuals, nonprofits, and governments to take action against excessive destruction of the rainforests of the world.
Unit: Rosa Parks
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Grades:
3
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5
Rosa Parks’s acts of philanthropy brought a community of people together for the common good and resulted in major social change in her community and in the nation. Young people identify the relationship between individual rights, justice, equality, and community responsibility.
Unit: Phil Up on the Arts
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Grades:
K
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2
Discuss when permission is needed in order to perform an act of philanthropy. Learn and practice a song about giving.
Unit: Roots of Philanthropy (Teen)
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6
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Youth Activity: Participants will discover how their time can equal treasure for organizations in the community. See the handout for supplemental faith-based discussion questions.
"My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years, or 4,000 hours, over the rest of...
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Unit: Grow Involved 9-12
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Grades:
9
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Participants explore Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thoughts about serving and taking action. They give examples of service and social action by one person that can change the world.