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Students learn how poverty and hunger are related.
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Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
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Students explore the causes and impacts of hunger, and how hunger differs depending on location.
Unit: Small Steps; Great Journeys
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Small personal actions can be first steps in a life of service and civic engagement. Voting and civic action are small examples of responsible citizenship. Advocating for what we value is a demonstration of a citizen's rights.
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Unit: Lights! Camera! Take Action!
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In this session, we learn about the sectors of civil society sector - business, government, and nonprofit. Youth watch the second half of the documentary The Gift of All and talk about the issues in West Michigan and the motivations of the philanthropists who made a major difference in...
Unit: Philanthropy and Children Who Are Homeless
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Students read about the Orphan Train and compare and contrast how that philanthropic effort has evolved today.
Unit: Exploring Philanthropic Motivations
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Youth analyze personal reasons for taking action and compare them to the researched motivations for giving.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
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11
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To introduce students to volunteering through a local nonprofit or the service program at their school so that they understand the importance of giving their time to make a difference in the greater community.
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Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
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The learners examine their preconceptions about homelessness and build understanding of people who are homeless.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
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The learners explore folktales related to forgiveness. They investigate how compassion is interrelated with forgiveness, and describe challenges to real forgiveness.
Unit: We Are Divine Creations (Tolerance) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
6
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Our lives are the results of billions of decisions. Not only the big decisions – law school or skydiving classes, but the small decisions as well – do you greet someone or pass by? Do you extend a helping hand or the back of it? What we decide determines the course of lives, the content of our...