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Using words of Native Peoples, youth explore examples of the philanthropic attitudes and traditions.
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Unit: Walk a Mile in My Moccasins
Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
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Students reflect on what symbols and words communicate who they are. They design a T-shirt that reflects their personality, thoughts, and ideas. This represents their role in a world or community they make better by their actions.
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Unit: Community Philanthropy
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Grades:
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Participants gain awareness about the work of local nonprofit organizations through research and by interviewing representatives. They summarize the mission, needs, and impact of the organizations on the community.
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Grades:
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We define civic virtue and give examples of ways to exhibit civic virtue for the common good.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To emphasize the importance of fundraising for capital campaigns and annual appeals and to discuss the importance of personally supporting organizations which are important to individuals and their family. Convey the message that the students are all recipients of someone else’s...
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Unit: Cultural Competence
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One of the keys to unlocking cultural competence is reading diverse books with characters and locations that represent a variety of cultures. In this activity, young people define and discuss the value of representation. They do an audit of a book collection to identify representation and gaps....
Unit: Urban EdVenture Course by the Westminster Schools
Grades:
5
To identify the qualities students see in effective leaders and create a life-size picture of a good leader emphasizing the body parts that represent those qualities.
Unit: Living In a Community
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K
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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.
Unit: Art as Advocacy
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Grades:
9
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The learners view works of art that advocate for social change and find that art can influence social change. The learners select an issue of human rights and create a work of art that represents the issue. They write a paragraph of explanation about their work.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
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In three scenarios that challenge one's integrity, the young people discuss and provide rationale for their decision-making.