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6
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This activity will help youth realize the ways that writing has served as an historical tool, and to understand that through writing individuals have captured and preserved history.
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Grades:
3
4
5
This lesson illustrates the value of art and artists to a community and shows that art is maintained through philanthropy.
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6
7
8
Learners practice philanthropy by reading to younger children at least once or over a semester. Through teaming with younger children, they become more knowledgeable about reading and writing strategies and help young children learn to read and learn about kindness and generosity.
Subjects
Language Arts
Philanthropy
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners describe good nutritional practices and make a plan to eat healthy.
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners analyze the role of the four sectors of society in solving problems of hunger in the community.
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Depictions of hunger in excerpts from Jane Eyre and Oliver Twist provide concrete images of hunger as learners determine its causes and decide whether to support a change in U.S. public policy related to the issue.
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners distinguish between the many different approaches to addressing hunger by looking at governmental versus nonprofit programs. They will describe the importance of philanthropic actions in solving the problems of hunger in the world.
Grade Levels:
9
10
11
12
Learners describe proper nutrition and compare their own eating habits with what is recommended by experts.
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Arts Education
Language Arts
Media / Technology
Science
Health and PE
Social Studies
Philanthropy
Grade Levels:
3
4
5
This unit emphasizes the responsibility of every individual to strive to make the world a better place, a concept known in Judaism as tikkun olam. This task can only be accomplished collaboratively.
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Language Arts
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Arts Education
Grades:
3
4
5
Young people read about Jewish role models who partake in tikkun olam. They reflect on how they can use their behavior as a model for their own philanthropy to perfect the world.