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Our Land: League Philanthropy Unit
Pupils use the folk singer Woody Guthrie's song 'This Land is Your Land' to learn about the responsibility of every person to take care of each other and the land. In this land preservation lesson, students sing the song, learn...
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This Land is Your Land: Volunteering in the Community
Students discover what a Relief Office does. For this volunteer lesson, students investigate what a Relief Office does, and who helps run it. Students discuss ways he/she could become a volunteer.
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Meeting Our Daily Needs
Students investigate the concept of basic needs. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students define the term "philanthropy" and brainstorm ways to help others who don't get their basic needs met. Students analyze and sort acts...
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Community Heritage
Students discuss cultural issues in their community. In this cultural lesson plan, students meet a local Hispanic activist and discuss current issues in the community.
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What Can I Do For You?
Students explore philanthropic acts within the school. For this philanthropy lesson, students list acts of philanthropy they can do at school and sing songs about philanthropic acts.
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Hug O' War
Students discuss philanthropic behavior. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Shel Silverstein's Hug O' War and brainstorm ways of working together.
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The Lion and the Mouse
Students examine a story. For this good citizenship lesson, students read the story "The Lion and the Mouse" and discuss being kind and what it means to be a good citizen. Students hold a discussion about how other animal pairs could...
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Searching for a New Home
Students investigate pilgrims. In this pilgrim lesson, students read the book If You Sailed on the Mayflower and identify the path from England to Holland on a map. Students write in a journal about how they would feel if they were a...
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The Arrival
Students construct classroom rules. In this philanthropy lesson, students investigate The Mayflower Compact made by the Pilgrims and use it as a guide to form their own classroom rules. Students work in small groups.
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Native American Philanthropists
Students demonstrate how Native Americans were philanthropic. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Squanto's Journey and brainstorm ways that the Native Americans were helpful towards the Pilgrims. Students reflect on the long-term...
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Intergenerational Friendships
Young scholars interview senior citizens. In this communications lesson, students read the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and discuss how to be sensitive to people of a different generation. Young scholars develop interview...
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Harvesting the Produce
Students investigate vegetables. In this multi-subject activity, students learn about vegetables and participate in several activities using vegetables. A list of 7 materials is included.
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Our Five Senses Affect Food Choices
Students read My Five Senses: A Lion's Tale. In this five senses instructional activity, students understand the relationship between their five senses and how they affect their food choices. Students write journal entries about their...
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Share Your Bread
Students understand how they can participate to help people in need. In this tzedakah lesson, students organize a charity collection of food, coats, toys, or canned good. Students present information about their drive in groups of two...
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Habitats Past and Present
Students explore the changes in animal habitats. In this ecosystem lesson plan, students use the Internet to explore the changes in the environment since the 1700's. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare the differences in the...
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Exploring Our Legacy of Giving
Students analyze and interpret the meaning of a famous quote to their own lives. In this philanthropic responsibility lesson, students generate a list of positive traits shared by the local community. Students discuss what it means to be...
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Reflections and Revisions
Students reflect upon and express affective and cognitive learning experience as a result of a direct service experience. In this service learning lesson, students examine and analyze symbolism portrayed in literature and its...
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Learning to Master: Some Ideas from Tradition
Students explore the Biblical teachings. In this stewardship lesson, students cite passages from the Bible that promote philanthropy and identify Biblical texts that contradict one another.
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We Are One World
Students examine discrimination, prejudice, and bias in the world. In this tolerance instructional activity, students research examples of prejudice in different countries. They then identify the Core Democratic Values in song lyrics....
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Telling Our Story
Young scholars develop a presentation. For this service lesson, students respond to how they felt participating in a service project and brainstorm ways they can continue to serve. Young scholars create a class presentation that...
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A-Scripting We Will Go
Students write script for a puppet show. In this writing lesson, students write a puppet show script using facts from a previous lesson. They listen to DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan's, City Green before discussing the characters and which ones...
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What's the News?
Learners investigate current events. In this current events activity, students identify current events from newspaper articles and place them on a timeline.
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What Would You Do Without Nonprofits?
Students research nonprofit organizations within their community. In this nonprofits lesson, students use the yellow pages to identify the number of nonprofit organizations in their community. Students graph the number of nonprofit...
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Discovering Our Legacy of Giving
Seventh graders examine the characteristics of philanthropists. In this cross- curricular lesson, 7th graders evaluate the character traits of people from a film. Students write a metaphor about responsibility to community.