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Youth analyze personal reasons for taking action and compare them to the researched motivations for giving.
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Unit: Exploring Philanthropic Motivations
Unit: Grow Involved 6-8
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In this lesson, youth discuss the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and especially focus on his ethic of service.
Unit: Global Education: Equity
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Youth explore the effects on themselves, the community, and the world if the government failed to provide U.S. children with an education.
Unit: Quiet Contamination of Our Waters
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Youth learn about the toxic ingredients in personal care products and take action to protect local waterways from the effects of the chemicals.
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Unit: What Is Philanthropy?
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Youth role-play situations in which they are involved in philanthropic acts. They analyze the act of philanthropy.
Unit: Our Land
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We explore the difference volunteers make in our world. Youth recognize that even they can volunteer and make a difference in their community.
Unit: Philanthropy and You
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Conducting research about activists from different cultures helps youth recognize Human Rights and the relationship to philanthropic values.
Unit: Investing In Others
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The youth reflect on basic needs that may be difficult to meet when one doesn’t have a home. They take action by creating personal hygiene kits or asking a local nonprofit how they can help support their efforts to assist people who are homeless.
Unit: Food for Thought: Hunger around the World
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Depictions of hunger in excerpts from Jane Eyre and Oliver Twist provide concrete images of hunger as learners determine its causes and decide whether to support a change in U.S. public policy related to the issue.
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Unit: Intergenerational Writing Project
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This activity will help youth realize the ways that writing has served as an historical tool, and to understand that through writing individuals have captured and preserved history.