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Based on researched information, participants write a bio-poem about a philanthropist.
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Unit: Dear Philanthropist
Unit: Character Education: Respect (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
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8
The purpose of this lesson is for learners to create a vocabulary wall about respect. They will define words associated with respect and disrespect and write a sentence using a vocabulary word.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners analyze and define the word perseverance and reflect on the perseverance of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners reflect on the meaning of integrity by analyzing quotes and naming what they are "true to" in themselves.
Unit: The Power of Children
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Grades:
6
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8
Students form groups, sign group agreements, delegate tasks, and begin forming their service-learing project proposal. The teacher provides mini-lessons to individuals, as needed, who bring information back to groups on presentation skills, budgeting, and service-learning...
Unit: Grief "Kids Are Philanthropists Too!" Podcast
Grades:
3
4
5
6
7
8
In this episode of the Kids Are Philanthropists too! podcast, we explore the ways children feel grief. Curious about what kids are deeply concerned about? Grief is one of the most pressing concerns amongst 3-5th grade participants in The Giving Square programs in 2023....
Unit: Sacred Giving (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
6
7
8
Performance of the mitzvah of tzedakah is, ideally, a holistic part of life, not an activity to be performed when all others have been completed! This lesson offers a classic model of how that ideal was realized by one of our Sages, Rabbi Tanchum, and how our families might...
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners will develop an understanding of the differences between the secular concepts of charity and philanthropy and the Jewish concept of tzedakah.
Unit: Poetry of Giving
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Grades:
6
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8
The students will use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving.
Unit: Philanthropy and You
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Grades:
3
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Conducting research about activists from different cultures helps youth recognize Human Rights and the relationship to philanthropic values.