Grades:
6
7
8
Learners relate enlightened self-interest to caring by discussing a quote from Alexis de Tocqueville about the American tradition of democracy.
Filter by subjects:
Filter by audience:
Filter by unit » issue area:
find a lesson
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 8)
Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners use respectful language to debate in a scenario that doesn't have a clear right and wrong choice. They try to persuade the group about what is the responsible thing to do.
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World
Grades:
K
1
2
3
4
5
The youth take action by determining ways to reduce their own use of plastic bags and by advocating for ways to reduce the use of plastic bags in their own households, the community, state and nation. To take further action, they may propose ways to influence government officials...
Subjects
Unit: We ARE the Government
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, learners read primary documents that illustrate the motivations of the founding fathers of the United States related to philanthropy (government by the people, advocacy, civil rights, shared power). We have a long history of demanding civil rights for a population that was...
Unit: Advise and Consent
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Participants identify and compare the different roles of the four sectors of the economy (government, business, nonprofit, and family). They identify which sector does what and observe how they approach differently the sometimes overlapping responsibilities....
Unit: Respecting the Environment (Private-Religious)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will teach learners G-d’s appreciation for trees and the importance of planting and preserving trees for our future. The learners will identify these concepts in Biblical verses, Talmudic passages and modern Jewish associations. They will also develop an understand of and an...
Unit: Philanthropy at Home and Abroad
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students read an old quote about the interconnection of all life on the planet and recognize that we are each affected by what happens to others and the environment. They will analyze current local, state, national and international issues addressed in the evening news. They become...
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
Community members share stories of experiences in philanthropy.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
Subjects
Unit: Road Less Traveled
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
We compare and contrast the beliefs of the three cultures explored in lessons 1-4 to one's own family traditions - similarities and differences.
Unit: We the Kids - The Three Branches and Me
Grades:
3
4
5
Participants analyze the essential qualities of the Core Democratic Values and how these values are evident in relationships and behavior in a classroom/group and in the community/nation.