Students prepare a one-minute speech about themselves using an object as a device to share a story and help others remember their name and something about them.
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This lesson helps students become more aware of their own values and sense of self by describing themselves and their choices.
Play a fast-paced game to practice saying names. Discuss the importance of using names.
Students trust another to take them for a blindfolded walk. They discuss what it feels like to be in each role. They discuss the role of trust in communication.
Students play a game that involves taking risks and watching out for others. They discuss their feelings in both roles and discuss the role of trust and responsibility in community.
To introduce students to the concept of philanthropy
To bring members of the local and school community together to showcase what the students learned while taking the class.
To have students find a problem that needs to be solved or a cause in which they have interest and develop a creative presentation to the class.
To reflect on what students learned from this philanthropy class and to gather their feedback on the class experience.