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Guest Speaker Discusses Motives for Giving

Grades: 
11, 12
Subjects: 
Philanthropy
Keywords & Concepts: 
Motivation for Giving
Giving
Altruism

To introduce students to a significant community donor and to learn about various motives for giving, a vision for philanthropy, and why and how young people should learn philanthropy. 

Duration 
Print1 hour
Objectives 

Students will:

  • Recognize that there are various motives for giving
  • Learn that motives such as gratitude, guilt, peer pressure, self-satisfaction, altruism or honoring the dead vary with each individual situation
  • Understand that the best motive is that philanthropy is the right thing to do and that it makes sense
Materials 

The guest speaker brings a PowerPoint Presentation on “Motives for Giving” that may include the motivations listed above (from their experience).

Related Resources 

Instructions

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  1. The gues presents PowerPoint presentation on “Motives for Giving.”

  2. Follow with class discussion.

Assessment 

Students offer examples from their own perspective and from their family’s motives for philanthropy.