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We examine the Core Values of American Democracy and discuss their importance and where we are exposed to them and practice them throughout life.
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Unit: Philanthropic Behavior
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Young people will take turns, show respect for the work of others, and cooperatively build a project.
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Unit: Philanthropy: Individuals and Their Surroundings
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An activity and picture book discussion illustrate the tendency for people to see differences as a reason to fight. As we see in political divisions, society can be torn apart by factions. Differences provide an opportunity to be curious about someone else. Factions may also have a...
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Using Guidestar as a source, young people identify three nonprofits and their mission statements.
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Unit: We Can All Do Our Share
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To guide children to understand that being in a group requires working together, getting along, resolving conflicts, and having fun together.
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The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate that being in a group (or community) requires cooperation, working together, getting along, and resolving conflicts. The activity enables the children to accomplish this while having fun at the same time.
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Participants learn about different types of foundations and how they work toward improving the common good.
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Unit: Repairing the World (Private-Religious)
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K
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This lesson highlights the importance of monitoring speech. The children identify positive and negative effects of the words they use and are encouraged to use speech only for good.
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Unit: Teaching Tolerance (Private-Religious)
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3
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Using a traditional Jewish text as its basis, this lesson emphasizes the importance of sharing in a relationship.
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Unit: Encouraging Community Engagement
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Learners use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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