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Students learn about the goals of Earth Day and identify areas in town that need clean-up or planting. They plan a day of service.
Students explore bees as pollinators and learn about reasons their population numbers have been declining in recent years. The students write letters or create a handout to teach others how to help bees through planting native species.
The purpose of this unit is to help students understand that each of them is an important and potentially influential member of American society. Every person is not only an individual, but also a member of the various groups that make up our society.
Students identify ways that artists are a valuable part of a community and to explore how they contribute to the public good.
The issues facing the world today are not new and have been addressed as early as creation.
Jane Addams addressed social problems by participating constructively in her community and establishing a settlement house in Chicago. Students examine how present-day needs can be addressed. This lesson fits into units on urban growth, industrialization, immigration, and women's history.
Learners explore and share their attitudes about diversity and issues of justice and kindness. The learners brainstorm ways that they can promote the common good by working to eliminate stereotyping, intolerance, discrimination, and prejudice.