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6
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Using words of Native Peoples, youth explore examples of the philanthropic attitudes and traditions.
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Unit: Walk a Mile in My Moccasins
Unit: Bullying Prevention Plan
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Grades:
9
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Youth make a plan as empowered and responsible members of the civil society to take action to prevent bullying behavior while being sensitive to the people involved, from the victim to the bystander to the bully.
Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 7)
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Learners identify examples of courage from an article about Jackie Robinson.
Unit: Poetry of Giving
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The students will use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving.
Unit: We Can All Do Our Share
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This lesson introduces the definition of philanthropy. The children are given the opportunity to see that philanthropy is something in which they are capable of participating. The memory building game stimulates the children to choose many different ways of being philanthropic. The...
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Unit: Teaching Tolerance (Private-Religious)
Grades:
3
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This lesson emphasizes the importance of respecting others and their opinions. Activities explore aspects of friendship and compromise.
Unit: Watch Me Grow
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Through a story in which a child inspires her neighborhood to improve a vacant lot, young people recognize that they can have a positive impact on others. They brainstorm a philanthropic project to benefit the school or larger community.
Unit: Pitch In Philanthropic Puppet Project
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3
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In this lesson, young people create story scripts from the research and facts collected in Lesson One: Digging Up the Facts. The scripts include setting, one character per child, problem, solution, and a beginning, middle and end. Young people edit and...
Unit: Exploring Philanthropic Motivations
Grades:
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Youth analyze personal reasons for taking action and compare them to the researched motivations for giving.
Unit: Cultural Competence
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Expanding on the lesson about critical conversations, participants explore ways to use their voices for good. The book Say Something by Peter Reynolds encourages readers to find their own way to express their voice - through speaking, poetry, song, and other ways.