Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to grantmaking and the work of community foundations.
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Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Unit: Beneficial Bees
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Students learn about the roles of bees in a colony and discuss how that relates to people in community. Bees have an important role in nature as pollinators, but their population numbers have been declining in recent years. Students write a letter or create a flyer to teach others how to help...
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Students explore the roles of bees in a hive and as pollinators. They learn about reasons their population numbers have been declining in recent years. The design a project to help beautify their school and help the larger environment by attracting bees. They may write a letter or create a...
Unit: Bullying Prevention Plan
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11
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Youth make a plan as empowered and responsible members of the civil society to take action to prevent bullying behavior while being sensitive to the people involved, from the victim to the bystander to the bully.
Unit: Advocacy-Getting the Job Done
Grades:
9
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Young people identify several advocacy strategies and draw conclusions as to their effectiveness. They research efforts in past advocacy campaigns to learn about people, styles, and effectiveness.
Unit: Global Health: Food Around the World
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Youth discuss and examine ways to influence healthy food choices related to their interests and understanding. They brainstorm service projects and use a decision-making model to choose a project. They implement their service project and reflect on their action.
Unit: Common Good in Aztec Culture
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6
7
8
We learn about the ancient Aztec culture in Mexico.
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Unit: Women of the Industrial Era
Grades:
6
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8
This lesson is designed to expnd awareness about the famous suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Although she is best known for this role, she was active in six different causes as an abolitionist, educational reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
Unit: Disaster Relief
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Learners research a natural disaster and examples of aid to help the affected populations. They learn the roles of the four sectors in responding to the needs. They participate in a collection campaign or other service project and learn about...
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To have students find a problem that needs to be solved or a cause in which they have interest and develop a creative presentation to the class.
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