Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson guides students to recognize the importance of taking care of the world by reducing trash. Students will recognize the benefits of recycling and reusing.
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Unit: This Land Is Our Land (Stewardship) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will help students learn the value of taking care of the world. It will help them form a connection with nature and want to protect the things that G-d created.
Unit: Community Health and Safety
Grades:
3
4
5
Participants gain exposure to how citizens organize in response to a need. They observe the benefits of group cooperation. They review data they have collected from surveys and work in collaborative groups to identify focus areas for the service-learning project.
Unit: Tzedakah: How Can We Help? (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will help students identify a person’s basic needs, realize that many people in the world are lacking these needs, and encourage them to think of ways to help these people.
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
To have students identify the things that are important in their lives as a means of finding a “passion” or “passions” the class holds in common. Students will then identify causes that deal with an issue related to their shared passion. This will guide the teacher in selecting and promoting...
Unit: The Power of Children
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students determine which community need they want to address with a service project. Once a priority need has been determined, they research related nonprofit organizations with a student-generated list of questions.
Unit: Hands On Philanthropy: A High School Course at Kentucky Country Day School
Grades:
11
12
To reflect on what students learned from this philanthropy class and to gather their feedback on the class experience.
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Unit: Power to the People through Action
Grades:
9
10
11
12
We define the nonprofit, or third, sector and explain why it is important as an alternative power structure.
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Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students research the practices of healthy exercise. They identify a topic related to good nutrition and personal health and write 3-5 facts to share with the class. They identify nonprofits that work to address related health needs and contact them by phone to ask questions.
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Unit: Be the Change: Homelessness
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The learners examine their preconceptions about homelessness and build understanding of people who are homeless.