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...

With the Nobel Peace Prize as an example of an award given for improvements to the common good, the young people list descriptors of people and organizations in their community or families who exhibit generosity and promote peace in some form. 

Using Guidestar as a source, young people identify three nonprofits and their mission statements. 

Young people explore demographics and definitions to better understand some of the disabilities of their peers. They discuss how we can support one another's unique expressions of self. 

Learners define actions they can take to show respect in their school and community.

Youth explore the effects on themselves, the community, and the world if the government failed to provide U.S. children with an education.

The learners examine their preconceptions about homelessness and build understanding of people who are homeless.

Participants learn about different types of foundations and how they work toward improving the common good.

Learners will define government and describe a democratic republic with a Constitution. They identify the role of government at all levels - national, state, and local and talk about what young people can do to have a voice.