Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make a Difference

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the trait of kindness. In this character education lesson, 7th graders discuss pro-social behavior and design personal plans to share kindness.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Big Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover philanthropy. In this philanthropic lesson plan, students read Martin's Big Words and explore voluntarily being nice to people. Students discover how they may perform acts of service for others. Extension activities are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Philanthropy - What Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the meaning of the word philanthropy and identify examples of philanthropy in their home, school and community. They design a poster to communicate the meaning and impact of philanthropy.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

School-Wide Recycling

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate recycling. In this environmental activity, students design a recycling program for their school. Students collect data about how much recyclable materials they use in one week. Students also survey classmates about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Truth, Trash and Treasure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how people can make a difference in the world. They read and analyze excerpts from a novel, discuss song lyrics, clean up a local park, and write an essay.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Closer To the Ground Lesson 1: Sharing the Wealth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the meaning of philanthropy. They look at specific needs and determine the process of requesting grants from various foundations. They determine a need within the school community and write a grant application or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Collecting for Animal Shelters

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate the needs of animal shelters. For this animal welfare lesson, students brainstorm the needs of a local animal shelter and implement a service plan to collect donations for an animal shelter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evergreen's Green Team Energy Audit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate the ways energy is used at their school and how it can be changed.  In this energy instructional activity, students participate in a service project related to energy. Learners record and calculate changes that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Use Money? Getting What We Need

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn the difference between purchase, barter, and payment for service, then explore how the Akan and North African people used a barter system to exchange gold and salt. They identify the most efficient ways of procuring your...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volunteers in the Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss volunteerism and identify volunteer positions in their community. They choose and carry out a volunteer project in the school or local community.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time, Talent, Treasure and Economics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work cooperatively to create a quilt. They choose a pattern and determine the specific skills and steps needed to produce that quilt. Labor is divided equally between group members and a quilt is created assembly line style....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buzzing into the Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a community service project. In this service instructional activity, students travel to a group outside the classroom such as a retirement home, hospital or day care. Students perform a song and read a book with...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Talent

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on their own skills, interests and talents. They read stories about others who share the same interests. They show their talent to the class or for a service project.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is a Community?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the characteristics of their community. In this communities lesson plan, students read Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story and discuss how the community came together to solve a problem. Students identify services...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use the internet to gather information about children around the world. In groups, they complete an internet scavenger hunt to research courage. They develop their own community service activity.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Important Thing About Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students write about the importance of reading. In this reading lesson plan, students listen to the book called The Important Book which is about the importance of reading, discuss it, and write about how they can take action to provide...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create a Volunteer Spirit

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students evaluate how volunteering helps others. In this philanthropy lesson, students define what a volunteer is and brainstorm a group volunteer project to implement in the school. Students write an essay describing how volunteering...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Would We Do?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students develop an emergency plan for their pets. In this animal welfare lesson, students discuss how to keep their pets safe in an emergency and create pet emergency kits.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Opening Lesson: Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a community service project and present an art project.  In this lesson on community service, students read Rainbow Fish and discuss its meaning for them as it relates to community. Students create an art...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Better Way

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students increase awareness of organizations that grew out of necessity and increased social consciousness during the Civil War and Reconstruction. They trace the origins of three organizations founded for the common good. They link...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Selfless -- Selfish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss and illustrate concepts of selflessness and selfishness. They identify any act of selflessness in a performed story. They also list examples of acts of selflessness that can improve the quality of life.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Showtime! Profit or Non

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a production. In this job lesson, students perform the production they created about jobs in the profit and nonprofit sectors. Students write an essay describing the advantages and disadvantages of working in these sectors.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Common Good in Aztec Culture Lesson 2: Aztec Religion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine human sacrifice and read about Aztec gods and religious practices. They study Aztec sacrifice while looking at opportunity costs of doing things for the common good.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Public? What's Private?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners compare and contrast public and private land. In this philanthropy lesson, students identify public areas in the school and create posters about taking care of various public places.

Other popular searches