This lesson clarifies that true rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Participants discuss the importance of protecting these rights, and if and when it is ever appropriate to limit rights. We learn that one role of nonprofits is to preserve and promote guaranteed rights.
Students learn about food scarcity through a particular country's story.
Using primary source images and interviews, participants learn about life and economics during the Great Depression and how different sectors of society contributed to bringing the country out of this dark period.
Learners role-play familiar scenarios in ways that follow the rules and support straightforward communication and also in ways that do not support honesty. They discuss the value of rules or expectations for promoting the common good.
Our communities may have people from many cultures and there may be many different languages spoken. Sparked by a playful video of kids teaching other kids their languages, we explore the languages represented in our communities.
This lesson focuses on the language of human rights. Learners examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and analyze the rights from a personal perspective. They discuss how well they perceive that the rights are enforced.
Young people investigate, plan, and facilitate a service-learning project that benefits refugees in their community.
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The learners will become aware of human need brought about by natural disasters and will compare domestic experiences with parallel events on the other side of the world.
In this lesson, young people research various types of renewable energy and write a persuasive statement about which energy source their city or county should invest in.
We define what fairness means and compare and contrast definitions. Participants build empathy as they discuss others' experiences with fairness.