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11
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To give students time to reflect on the course of study each week and to encourage them to begin thinking of how to best make a monetary donation to an effective organization.
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Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Grades:
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8
This lesson explores how people can be honest with themselves. Learners reflect on how they can be honest with themselves and take personal responsibility.
Unit: Exploring Philanthropic Motivations
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6
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8
Youth analyze personal reasons for taking action and compare them to the researched motivations for giving.
Unit: Stitch in Time for the Common Good
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6
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8
Learners explore the contributions and recommendations of Benjamin Franklin as a person who engaged in active citizenship.
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Unit: Be the Change: Democracy
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Grades:
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In this lesson, we explore the importance of each person's right to vote and the injustice of limiting that power.
Unit: Bully-Free Zone
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Grades:
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The learners present skits share strategies for addressing bullying behavior. They make a plan to reduce bullying in their school or community.
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Unit: Advise and Consent
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Grades:
6
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Even the person viewed as the most powerful person in the world does not have unlimited power. Constitutionally, the president of the United States is limited by the "advise and consent" rule (and other checks and balances). The learners look at the importance...
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners read and discuss a story about an act of caring. They brainstorm five ideas for simple acts of caring that make a difference to at least one person.
Unit: It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest
Grades:
6
7
8
Working with current statistics, youth articulate the repercussions of rainforest destruction and how this destruction may personally affect them if deforestation continues at its present pace.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
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11
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In the featured folktales, we learn the impact of misjudging the character of another, and understand that an evil act does not require a person to return evil with evil.