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Picture-Go-Round
Students demonstrate how to participate in a cooperative group. In this philanthropy lesson, students create drawings by working together as a group and contributing their thoughts and feelings.
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Courage to Be You: King Day (7th)
Students define discrimination and relate it to their own experiences. In this discrimination lesson, students discuss feeling like a stranger and complete a personal experiences worksheet. Students then find strategies to reduce or...
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PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey (6-8)
Students examine how non-profit organizations support the arts. In this non-profit lesson plan, students learn how foundations provide funding that supports arts in a community which contributes to the common good. They watch the movie...
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How the Community Meets Needs: The Drive
Students explore the four sectors of the economy. In this character development lesson, students experience giving up "their worldly possessions" and then discuss feelings that might occur when people experience homelessness or the...
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Purposeful Act of Kindness
Students define a community need and explain a purposeful act of kindness. In this community kindness lesson plan, students identify a community need before making a quilt that depicts acts of kindness that can be extended to remedy that...
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Heroes and Celebrities
Students compare heroes and celebrities. In this role-model lesson, students identify the characteristics of a hero and those of a celebrity. Students think of their heroes and place the make a chart of their heroes versus celebrities....
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Why Volunteer?
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students explore the spirit of volunteering as they locate news articles or advertisements regarding the topic. Students discuss whom benefits from volunteer...
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Are you a river keeper?
Students perform healthy water practices by discussing and demonstrating acts of philanthropy. In this healthy water lesson plan, students read an article on how we can keep water clean, and create a LITWIS activity.
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Promises, Promises
Seventh graders discuss promises they have made and whether they have kept them. In this promises lesson, 7th graders work in groups to discuss the importance of promises. They develop a verbal statement about their point of view on each...
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US Government: The Constitution
Students explore the branches of government. In this U. S. Constitution lesson plan, students examine the system of checks and balances in the U.S. plan of government as they read the document and define vocabulary words.
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Guest Speakers
Learners identify a guest speaker to come to their class and discuss potential careers. In this career exploration lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and invite a guest speaker to visit their class. Learners write...
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Caring for Others
Students explore the importance of caring for others in leadership. In this leadership and compassion lesson, students define compassion and brainstorm a list of do's and don'ts for caring. Students research articles that show caring and...
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Characteristics of a Leader
Students identify and explore the characteristics of a good leader. In this leadership instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of good leaders and identify their common characteristics. Students select one of the...
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Cell Phones and Driving
Students identify and explore the dangers of cell phone use while driving. In this car safety lesson, students research using a cell phone while driving. Students compile the information to create a presentation and write a reflection...
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Family Reunion
Young scholars plan and carryout a family reunion to build family relationships. In this family relationships instructional activity, students examine ways to build family relations by planning a family reunion. Young scholars use the...
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Managing Multiple Roles
Students identify the roles balanced in family and career activities. In this family and career balance instructional activity, students identify the roles each family member has and discuss problems problems they see in their own...
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Health Fair
Students identify and research the aspects of a healthy lifestyle and create a Health Fair with the information. In this healthy living instructional activity, students research a topic about healthy living. Students then create a health...
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Do Factions Control Political Parties Today?
Students establish how the first political parties were formed. In this U.S. History lesson plan, students work in groups to share their personal viewpoint on various topics provided by the teacher, then they are assigned to bring...
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Native American Culture Region Collages
Students research various Native American tribes. In this Native American history lesson, students follow the provided rubric to create collages on the cultures of selected Native American tribes.
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Executive Orders
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this foreign policy instructional activity, students examine U.S. foreign policies of Presidents since World War II. Students...
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Living Integrity
Young scholars analyze scenarios regarding integrity. In this character education lesson, students participate in group discussions. Young scholars analyze various scenarios regarding integrity and construct a written response in their...
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Steps to Responsibility
Sixth graders explore the steps in decision making and responsibility. In this lesson, 6th graders analyze a scenario and decide what actions should be taken. Students write in their journals.
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Acting with Integrity
Students discuss the meaning of integrity. In this language arts lesson, students work in small groups to read scenarios and discuss how integrity applies to all scenarios. Students discuss what the benefits of having integrity are.
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Dodging Responsibility
Students explore responsibility. In this character education lesson, students review the definition of responsibility and brainstorm possible consequences of taking responsibility and not taking responsibility. Student's thoughts...