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Working for the Common Good

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the concept of the common good. Using primary source documents, they read accounts from volunteers in the Dominican Republic and discuss how they work for the common good. They reflect on the topic in their journals to...
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Berkshire Museum

The Three Life-Giving Sisters: Plant Cultivation and Mohican Innovation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Children gain first-hand experience with Native American agriculture while investigating the life cycle of plants with this engaging experiment. Focusing on what the natives called the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash - young...
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What is a Philanthropist?

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
What does a philanthropist do? Help your class explore philanthropy using character development and literacy ideas. Learners will define and give examples of philanthropy, listen to The Lion and the Mouse, discuss how the characters help...
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Seeing the Image in Imagery: A Lesson Plan Using Film

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
In our increasingly visual society, it is often difficult for some readers to create a mental picture of a picture created only with words. An image-rich text like F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby can therefore, present a real...
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PwC Financial Literacy

Charitable Giving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Charitable organizations and monetary donations to these organizations are the focus of the financial literacy lesson plan presented here. Learners explore how donations benefit both the organization and the people it serves. Each pupil...
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Lesson Learned: Creating a Life Reports Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Tap into the wisdom and knowledge of older members of the community with this New York Times plan. To warm up, learners write about and discuss advice they have been given. After reading "The Life Report," an op-ed column that asks older...
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Put Your Hands in Mine: King Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the concepts of human and civil rights. In this philanthropy lesson, students watch The Mighty Times: The Children March. Students discuss concepts relating to civil rights and change.
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EngageNY

Bacteria and Exponential Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It's scary how fast bacteria can grow — exponentially. Class members solve exponential equations, including those modeling bacteria and population growth. Lesson emphasizes numerical approaches rather than graphical or algebraic.
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EngageNY

Negative Exponents and the Laws of Exponents

For Teachers 8th Standards
Apply the properties of exponents to expressions with negative exponents. The fifth activity in the series explains the meaning of negative exponents through an exploration of the properties taught in the previous lessons of the series....
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K20 LEARN

Driving Rationally: Introduction To Rational Functions And Asymptotes

For Teachers 11th Standards
Calculating average speeds is not as simple as finding an average. The lesson introduces class members to rational functions by presenting a problem about finding an average speed for the rest of a trip. Pupils develop an equation to...
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It's Mine Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read a book called It's Mine! In this lesson about three frogs and sharing, students explore how what they do affects everything around them. Through a series of seven different activities, students interpret the frogs and their...
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EngageNY

Numbers in Exponential Form Raised to a Power

For Teachers 8th Standards
Develop an understanding of the properties of exponents through this series of activities. This third lesson of 15 explores the patterns associated with the power property. Scholars expand the powers before applying the property.
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An Apple a Day

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the Johnny Appleseed story. In this service learning lesson, students sequence the life cycle of apple trees and recognize how Johnny Appleseed worked as a philanthropist.
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Pollution Solutions: Earth Day

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore water pollution. In this stewardship lesson, 8th graders draw comparisons between potable and impaired waters. Students use the Learning Link website to examine ways people are fighting pollution and then design an...
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Who Works for the Common Good in Our Community?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the role of community service organizations. As a class, they listen as members from local organizations speak to them and answer any questions they have. They respond in their journals to different prompts to end the...
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Giving Generously

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are read a book about giving. They discover that giving to others is rewarding. They also locate China on a map and make their own rice cakes.
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What a Gift!

For Teachers K - 5th
What is considered a valuable gift? As the class will come to find out, what is considered a gift varies by time and location. After viewing images of a Mayan pot that depicts men giving cacao to the gods, learners research three...
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Center Stage—Focus on Poverty

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students examine stereotypes and discrimination based on socio-economic status. Middle schoolers prepare to work with people of diverse...
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Trash: Past, Present and Future

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how much trash they create. In this recycling lesson, students define stewardship and conduct an experiment to see how much trash the class produces in a week. At the end of the week the students propose ways to...
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Plants are Growing and Changing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore living things. In this agriculture lesson, students read the book A Tree is a Plant and participate in an experiment to explore the patterns of change in living things. Students continue to observe the plant throughout...
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Curated OER

What Is a Watershed?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of water pollution. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students discover what watersheds are and consider how to protect them.
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Curated OER

Feeling Good About My Body: A Lesson on Self Esteem

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the concept of self esteem. In this health lesson, 3rd graders participate in several classroom activities that address developing a positive self concept.
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Does The Type of Mulch Used Affect Plant Growth?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students measure, record and graph the plants they grow in a controlled setting. They feed and water the plants as needed and use the scientific method to evaluate the growth.
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Lab Resource
Colorado State University

Do Cities Affect the Weather? (Making a Cloud in a Bottle)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The dynamics of a city can have a drastic effect on the weather. A hands-on lesson asks learners to build a model to illustrate how city pollution provides a nucleus for condensation. The greater the pollution, the greater chance for...