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Based on researched information, participants write a bio-poem about a philanthropist.
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Unit: Dear Philanthropist
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To explore many differing views on well-intended philanthropy with students. Review some of the dangers of philanthropy such as inappropriate intervention, inappropriate verbiage, and naiveté.
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Unit: Intergenerational Writing Project
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6
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Youth develop an understanding of the value of a service learning project as they realize their responsibility to contribute to the community in positive ways.
Unit: The Power of Children
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Grades:
6
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Students form groups, sign group agreements, delegate tasks, and begin forming their service-learing project proposal. The teacher provides mini-lessons to individuals, as needed, who bring information back to groups on presentation skills, budgeting, and service-learning...
Unit: Be the Change: Democracy
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Grades:
9
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In this lesson, we explore the importance of each person's right to vote and the injustice of limiting that power.
Unit: Environmental Groups and the Three Sectors
Grades:
9
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11
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Learners investigate and share information about environmental organizations, particularly around the Flint Water Crisis, to compare and contrast how the three sectors differ in their purposes, goals, and achievements.
Unit: Pitch In Philanthropic Puppet Project
Grades:
3
4
5
Young people make puppets out of recycled materials. They use their creativity to come up with a movable puppet that represents a character in their puppet play.
Unit: Let's Make Lemonade
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K
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As a group, the young people and their families make all the preparations for the lemonade sale, including making posters and advertising in creative ways. The posters communicate about the purpose for the sale and the impact they hope to make. The children prepare the lemonade for the sale and...
Unit: Living In a Community
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Grades:
K
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This lesson introduces the definition of a community and explores how communities come together to help or address a need.
Photo credit: Woodward Downtown by Becky McCray is licensed under CC BY 2.0...
Unit: Philanthropy—Essential to a Democratic Society
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners recognize the value of nonprofit organizations and identify how nonprofits meet citizen needs when government can't.
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