Students discover core democratic values. In this service learning lesson, students create posters in order to promote core democratic values.

Students participate in games to make new friends. They "dance and freeze" as music plays. Students skip, hop and wiggle as they play a moving down the line game. Students develop gross motor skills, listening, and social awareness...

Learners identify the differences between common good and community capital. They discover their responsibility to contribute to the greater good. They write a letter and design a poster to promote their ideas.

Students discuss ways to research our multicultural communities, set personal goals for learning about others, and outline a plan with specific goals to achieve their goals.

Students respond to visual text. In this visual text lesson plan, students respond to the text, If God Gives You Lemons by making a poster advertising a lemonade sale. They listen to the story before decorating the posters with geometric...

Students explore the concept of philanthropy and identify specific acts of philanthropy that have affected them personally. They plan and carry out acts of philanthropy focusing on giving back to their community.

Twelfth graders consider global issues and their effects. They identify the themes of human needs, human rights, and the environment, select a topic and research articles for a Global Current Events Portfolio. Working in small groups,...

Students read books and write a unique kind of book report. In this literature lesson plan, students use paper bags to construct projects about the books they read. Students present their projects to the class.

Students explore how their choices affect others.  In this character development and ecology lesson, students debate choice-making issues.  Students listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and identify choices the characters made...

Students explore the definition of philanthropy as it relates to bullying. In this moral values lesson, students listen to the book Thank you, Mr. Falker and identify how the main character was bullied. Students define philanthropy, and...

Students interview a person who has immigrated to America and, based on that interview, to write an article about the person.

Learners identify geographical features that hindered or promoted settlement in the city of Flagstaff, Arizona. In this settlement lesson plan, students write a summary of what they learned and identify geographical features on a map.

Students discuss their role and importance of being a part of a community. After listening to a story, discuss how an artist's memories affected his pieces. Using the internet, they research the different roles of community members.

Students use the processes of oral history and the latest technology to engage in historical inquiry and the preservation of the past. The work in cooperative groups or individually to discover and capture the past by interviewing family...

Learners create and utilize a slide/tape presentation to enhance understanding of the nature of office work. They become aware of the skills, and knowledge necessary to be successful in the office environment.

Students work to preserve American National Parks. For this environmental activism lesson, students research the history of the national parks and determine why they were created. Students then focus on protecting the land, using it for...

Students define discrimination and what its like to be a stranger.In this discrimination lesson, students research the lives of Vivien Thomas and Hamilton Naki. Students produce a wall display showing how they've overcome discrimination.

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students read stories and then discuss the meaning of philanthropy as they identify ways the characters contribute to the common good.

Students identify jobs in the nonprofit sector. In this career education lesson, students use the Internet to research nonprofit jobs in their community. Students complete a resume for employment at a nonprofit organization.

St that people have wants and must find ways to get them. In this philanthropy lesson, students understand the ways people get things and arrange a penny drive to help others. Students arrange an artistic project to reflect on their fund...

In this World Mental Health Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the...

Students examine the steps for outreach and the distribution of films. They develop a list of organizations to contact, view and discuss two short videos, and design a distribution plan for one of the videos, and their own film.

Students explore the concept of social justice. In this Civil Rights lesson, students fulfill the Rubric for Historical Research requirements as they conduct research on a Civil Rights or Anti-Apartheid Movements leader.

Learners identify the civic responsbilities of those living in a constitutional democracy. In groups, they brainstorm a list of those characteristics of a good citizen. They participate in various scenerios to identify the...