The Four Sectors

In this government spending - earmarks learning exercise, students research this topic (there are many links listed), examine the issue, write a letter to their congressional representative or a local newspaper, make a video or analyze...

Almost every profession today relates to websites in some way! The resource tasks the class to fill out three individual graphic organizers to help them analyze each website they visit.

Students study the U.S. economic sectors and their philanthropic role in communities. In this civil society lesson plan, students brainstorm and classify businesses in their community. Students discuss the for-profit, nonprofit,...

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...

Middle schoolers explore government systems. In this colonial America lesson, students consider colonial settlement needs as they design settlements that can sustain themselves and meet the needs of colonists.

Students explore the sectors of civil society. In this philanthropy activity, students explore and categorize government, market, nonprofit, and household sectors.

Pupils identify the need to maintain and protect our natural resources. For this natural resource lesson, students study pictures of the effects of pollution on animals and water. Pupils brainstorm a list of ways water is an endangered...

Students explore career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. For this career exploration lesson, students listen to guest speakers who work for nonprofit organizations explain their jobs. Students also examine the role of nonprofit...

Students develop a list why water is an endangered natural resource. They identify four sectors in society. They explain the responsibilities that each sector plays in conserving water.

Young scholars discover the medical breakthroughs provided by profit and non-profit organizations. For this nonprofit and profit organizations lesson, students learn philanthropic terms, research recent medical breakthroughs, then...