Grades:
6
7
8
Learners analyze the meaning of personal best and recognize the value of persistence in doing their best.
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Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
Unit: Challenging Social Boundaries
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Through two readings, we learn about racist attitudes and practices in the transportation systems that were supported by Jim Crow laws in the 1940s South. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, it was a final stand after years of injustice and continuous acts of protest. We learn how her...
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to Andrew Carnegie as one of the outstanding early philanthropists of the United States.
Unit: Pitch In Philanthropic Puppet Project
Grades:
3
4
5
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: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The featured folktales explore themes of helping people make judgments of integrity in different situations.
Grades:
9
10
11
12
As demonstrated in these folktales, even the smallest things, when shared, can be examples of philanthropy.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners write an acrostic poem using the letters of their name to communicate their trustworthy nature.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
In three scenarios that challenge one's integrity, the young people discuss and provide rationale for their decision-making.
Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
Grades:
6
7
8
Sojourner Truth's contributions to abolitionism and women's suffrage are revealed through her own words. She worked tirelessly to aid the freed men after the Civil War and brought increased recognition to their plight. We discuss the right of all voices to be heard in a democracy and...
Unit: Sowing the Seeds of Community
Grades:
6
7
8
The youth read the book Seedfolks and discuss the diverse characters and their individual contributions to a community garden. While learning about the thirteen individuals in the story, they identify their character, heritage, motivations, and contributions to nourishing...