Students will recognize the linguistic strategies that Alice Walker uses in her introduction to Anything You Love Can Be Saved that persuade readers to believe in her causes, and thus begin to think about techniques that they can use in their own activist writing, which they will do in...
In this lesson, we explore the value of reading and discuss why it is good for the community when everyone has access to books.
Play matching games on teams to gain familiarity with terms associated with philanthropy.
Author: Urban EdVenture Faculty
This lesson explores how people can be honest with themselves. Learners reflect on how they can be honest with themselves and take personal responsibility.
Participants identify the impact of humans on lakes and rivers. They explore ways to take responsibility to protect the waterways.
In the final reflection, the learners connect the concepts of fairness and philanthropy through written a response to a quote or personal experience.
Youth develop an understanding of the value of a service learning project as they realize their responsibility to contribute to the community in positive ways.
These Australian folktales compare selfish and unselfish behaviors and tell the origin story of our permanent responsibility as caretaker of the land.
What is a famine and what are its effects? Students read and write an "interior monologue" response.
Learners reflect on their attitude about and responsibility for making fair choices about spending. They use the literary device of metaphor to express their thoughts.