Settlement houses aimed to improve the lives of community members by addressing social challenges and promoting social welfare. In this lesson, we explore how they addressed the needs of the community where government efforts fell short. Many communities still have similar programs....
Young people research the ecosystems around their own homes, school, and community, so they can be better informed stewards about conservation.
Students learn about food scarcity through a particular country's story.
In this lesson, we learn about landfills and the global and local management of trash.
Based on researched information, participants write a bio-poem about a philanthropist.
Learners compare and contrast the work and mission of four famous philanthropists: Cesar Chavez, George Washington Carver, Sunderlal Buhuguna, and Abdul Sattar Edhi. They identify the motivations, impact, and attitudes about service, and start to clarify their personal attitudes about service by...
Children get inspiration from a story about kindness and community, and they identify acts of service and kindness (philanthropy) they can do for people they care about.
Readers examine the lasting effects of power, privilege, and discrimination on communities.
The song "This Land Is Your Land" describes many places in the United States in order to call out our wonderful shared places. Young people understand that a country is made up of people living in the same place and working together to keep the...