Grades:
6
7
8
Using Guidestar as a source, young people identify three nonprofits and their mission statements.
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Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners choose a person of courage to honor on a commemorative "postage stamp."
Unit: Drumming from the Heart
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K
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The learners make drums with recyclable containers and colorful craft supplies. They collaboratively write and illustrate a retelling of the story of "The Drum" and give it to a younger child.
Unit: Stitch in Time for the Common Good
Grades:
6
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8
Learners explore the contributions and recommendations of Benjamin Franklin as a person who engaged in active citizenship.
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Unit: Personal Giving Mission Statement
Grades:
9
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Learners look at nonprofit mission statements and then create a personal mission statement related to the impact they want to make as responsible, engaged citizens.
Focus Question: How does an individual use personal interests and strengths to impact the common good?
Unit: Exploring Nonprofit Career Opportunities
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3
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Learners explore the variety of job opportunities available in the nonprofit sector, many of which may use their skills and interests. In the nonprofit sector, the work is meaningful because it focuses on a mission to make change for the better.
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Unit: Be the Change: Personal Health
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Sleep, rest, mindfulness, and taking time away from busyness help our overall health and wellbeing. Participants learn about the importance of sleep and analyze their own rest and wellness patterns. They determine how they can improve their own rest and mindfulness and encourage others.
Unit: Painting Pictures with Poetry: Art from the Heart
Grades:
6
7
8
Young people discuss examples of philanthropy in poems and quotations. They write an expression of philanthropy using the poetic conventions of metaphor, simile, and personification. These statements could be used as the text for greeting cards produced for an Art from the...
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Unit: Early American Influences
Grades:
3
4
5
Benjamin Franklin's work was in service to making a better world, and he influenced the nonprofit sector. His book, Poor Richards Almanack, makes connections to the common good through personal virtue and actions. The participants choose quotes to create posters that communicate...
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students identify emergency food assistance programs and stereotypes surrounding hunger.