When Stella loses pleasure in her classwork, she takes us “through the cracks” of a classroom and shows what is happening to all of the students who are not interested and engaged in their learning.
Now familiar with how a community foundation serves the community, the learners form a Youth Advisory Committee and use parliamentary procedure to conduct business.
Written by two award-winning authors, "All American Boys" shares the alternating voices of two students, one black and one white, after Rashad was beaten by a police officer and Quinn saw it happen.
These elementary, middle, and high school lessons focus on the meaning and benefits of gratitude. For their service project, participants decide how they can 'deliver gratitude' to a deserving person or group. They complete a service such as writing thank you notes.
In this lesson, we explore where vegetables come from and how they are preserved for healthy eating.
Learners gain awareness of the importance of healthy food and learn more about hunger and homelessness in their community.
In this lesson, the children identify foods to eat each day and foods that should be eaten in small amounts. They learn about healthy habits and healthy communities where all people have nutritious food.
The entire family is invited to a family night to assemble dried soup kits to donate to a local food pantry. They may use the dehydrated vegetables from lesson one and other ingredients or contact a food-packing organization that provides the ingredients, and you provide the volunteers. ...
Participants learn about different types of foundations and how they work toward improving the common good.
In this lesson, the children listen to stories told by seniors in their community and develop a relationship of sharing time and talent. This set of lessons focus on memories, especially memories related to generosity.
