Young people recognize that nature is an important part of their world that needs their responsible care.  

The learners break down the steps of decision-making in taking responsibility and apply it to a responsibility that is harder to follow.

In this lesson, we broaden our awareness of different cultures and how they celebrate holidays. An optional service project includes writing letters to request diverse holidays be added to the community calendar, if they aren't already observed.

Through exploration, we see how six simple machines do their jobs together to get work done. Just as each machine is unique and valuable to the whole, so is each person unique and valuable to our group, to nature, and to the world. We see the value of deliberately respecting others and...

The young people reflect upon themselves as community members and use descriptive language to give themselves meaningful names.

The learners analyze many variations of the Golden Rule and relate it to the concept of serial reciprocity. They rewrite the golden rule to reflect respect for cultural differences. 

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.

Children learn that the community has four sectors: business, government, nonprofit, and family. The children may walk through an area in their local community to identify which sector is represented by different places. As an alternative, they may look at a local map. 

In this lesson the learners define respect and relate it to the core values and beliefs of a constitutional democracy.

In this lesson, we learn about landfills and the global and local management of trash.