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Learners reflect in writing about how they can use their personal resources and interests to make a difference in someone's life.
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Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 7)
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 6)
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Learners define honesty as fairness and straightforward conduct. They look for examples in a story and analyze the merits and mistakes of the main character.
Unit: Deliver Gratitude Day
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This lesson focuses on the meaning and benefits of gratitude. Teens research one aspect of gratitude in order to understand its relationship to health, happiness, or generosity. For their service project, they decide how they can 'deliver gratitude' to a deserving person or group. They will then...
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Young people learn about people and children who are homeless and make bedtime bags for children in shelters as their service project.
"I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody." - Lily Tomlin
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Unit: Roots of Philanthropy (Teen)
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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: Stitch in Time for the Common Good
Grades:
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Learners explore the contributions and recommendations of Benjamin Franklin as a person who engaged in active citizenship.
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Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
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Learners listen to different statements of "the right thing to do" and determine the source of the value or judgment.
Unit: Building a Caring and Inclusive Classroom
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At the beginning of the year we get to create our classroom community. We get to decide how we will learn and grow and play with each other for the rest of the year. This is a new beginning for all. As we start to...
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 8)
Grades:
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Learners read about and discuss Fair Trade and how it relates to justice, fairness, and equity.
Unit: Selflessness in Community
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The young people reflect upon themselves as community members and use descriptive language to give themselves meaningful names.