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\nPeacebuilding Toolkit for Educators - Middle School Edition\n

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\nRather than just talking about giving peace a chance, with the 15 resources in this collection middle schoolers learn the skills they need to become peace builders. The lessons were developed by the United States Institute of Peace...\n
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\nMy Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States\n

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\nIs it possible to combine many voices into one national identity? That is the question addressed by the unit module “My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States.” The unit consists of six lessons that ask high schoolers...\n
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\n\"Informative\n\n
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\nInformative & Expository Writing Prompts\n

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\nGood writing prompts are hard to find, especially those for informative writing such as research reports, how-to instructions, and letters. The colorfully illustrated templates in a seven-prompt collection include lines to write on, as...\n
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\nBen Across the Curriculum: Elementary School\n

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\nBenjamin Franklin, statesman, inventor, President is the subject of a collection targeting young historians. The interdisciplinary lesson plans were originally designed to accompany the 2018 international traveling exhibition, “Benjamin...\n
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\nBen Across the Curriculum: High School\n

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\nBenjamin Franklin: The man, the scientist, the inventor, the statesman, the legend. A 10-lesson collection introduces high schoolers to the many facets of Franklin’s character. Although developed for the International Traveling...\n
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\nPearl Harbor Classroom Activities\n

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\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech is the focus of a seven-lesson series that has young historians researching information about the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Using both an audio version of...\n
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\nBeyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice\n

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\nThe lessons in the \"Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice\" unit module introduce young historians to four African-American women who made significant contributions to the modern civil rights movement....\n
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\nMission to Mars\n

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\nMartians beware! Earthlings are on the way! A 13-resource collection prepares future astronauts for space travel by studying interesting facts about the Red Planet, the history of Martian exploration, and the development of robotics....\n
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\nMagical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude\n

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\nHow does Gabriel Garcia Marquez make the magical elements in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seem real? That is the essential question for readers of his acclaimed novel to tackle in a three-lesson unit module. Scholars begin by...\n
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\nCrash Course: Economics\n

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\nNudge Theory, Game Theory, and Oligopoly? A 35-part video Crash Course goes beyond supply and demand and provides young economists with everything they need to know about economics. Based on the 2015 AP Economics guidelines, the...\n
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\nSelfless Service and The Giving Tree - Building Ethical Conscience\n

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\nUpper elementary schoolers investigate philanthropy and selflessness by reading a children's book. In this ethics lesson, they read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, and research Mahatma Gandhi's troublesome, yet inspiring, life....\n
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\nLesson: The Gift of Giving\n

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\nGiving gifts has been a part of the human experience since modern man walked the earth. Upper graders explore the culture of gift giving in Mayan times through an artistic analysis. They analyze gift giving and palace life as seen on an...\n
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\nSports Heroes and Private Action for the Common Good\n

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\nYoung readers explore philanthropy and its effects on the public good. They discuss athletes and their examples as philanthropists. They research a sports hero and play \"The Match Game\" to determine what they know about other sports...\n
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\nThe Giving Tree\n

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\nLittle literature analysts listen as you read The Giving Tree to them and discuss other ways the tree could have helped the little boy.A three-column chart is given to each individual showing what the tree and boy gave to each...\n
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\nFame, Fortune, and Philanthropy\n

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\nWith your middle schoolers, develop concepts such as philanthropy, civic responsibility, community service, and common good. Discuss famous philanthropists and what we can each give of our time, talent and treasure to better our...\n
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\nWorking for the Common Good\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of nation building. In this Peace Corps lesson, students examine primary source documents from corps volunteers in the Dominican Republic to determine what it means to work for the common good.\n
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\nQuestions for The Book The Giving Tree\n

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\nAre you studying Shel Silverstein? Focus on The Giving Tree and talk about selflessness in your class. In this online interactive quiz, pupils respond to eleven multiple-choice reading comprehension questions on this particular...\n
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\nWriting Directions: How to Fly a Kite\n

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\nEmerging writers record the directions for how to fly a kite on this writing directions worksheet. Class members use the provided sequencing clues (first, next, finally) to record their instructions on the 3 sets of lines. Consider...\n
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\nGiving with Imagination\n

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\nDemonstrate gift giving as an act of caring about someone versus gifts for show (or gifts from the purse). Elementary learners practice giving gifts from the heart by creating a poem for someone special to them.\n
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\nPhilanthropy and Citizenship-Hand in Hand\n

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\nStudents define philanthropy and evaluate how the government would functin without the help of volunteers. They write song lyrics, participate in a class discussion, and complete a Venn diagram.\n
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\nPoetry for the Common Good\n

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\nStudents identify examples of philanthropy in poetry or song. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine several poems such as Give by Carrie A. Thomas and identify concepts of philanthropy in the poem. Students construct their own...\n
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\nPhilanthropy Play\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students simulate and role play people involved in the act of helping others.\n
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\nCommon Good\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students read stories and then discuss the meaning of philanthropy as they identify ways the characters contribute to the common good.\n
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\nHmmm-What is Philanthropy?\n

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\nStudents develop an understanding of philanthropy through definition and actions. Students to get to know themselves and their classmates by engaging in activities imbedded in this instructional activity. They investigate the types of...\n
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