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Principles of Integrity
Eighth graders analyze phrases that represent having integrity. In this integrity lesson plan, 8th graders discuss what it means to be true to yourself and be honest when no one is looking.
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Sharing the Joy of a Garden
Pupils see that a garden is a place where an individual can go for inner peace and solitude. They discover that a garden is to be shared. Students describe the importance that a garden has to the environment and lives of individuals who...
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Picture-Go-Round
Students demonstrate how to participate in a cooperative group. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students create drawings by working together as a group and contributing their thoughts and feelings.
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Singing as a Way of Giving
Students perform songs from previous philanthropy lessons. In this music lesson, students create a video of songs and give it to a local shelter. Students are encouraged to be creative and sing songs such as "What Can I Do for You" and...
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Lonely Fish
Young scholars read the book The Rainbow Fish. In this citizenship lesson, students discuss how the characters in the story resolved conflicts. Young scholars create a rainbow fish from foil and cotton.
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Creating a Personal Philanthropy Timeline
Students create a timeline. In this philanthropy lesson, students use sequential terminology and create a chronological list of philanthropic acts they have performed.
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Creating the Pamphlet
Students create philanthropic brochures. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students make promotional pamphlets and offer theirs products to philanthropic organizations.
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Evaluating Our Success
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students collaborate to determine the success of a service learning project that their class completed.
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Persistent Drop of Water
Seventh graders investigate the meaning of personal persistence. In this personal persistence lesson, 7th graders fill in a Frayer Method graphic organizer after participating in a discussion of the formation of the Grand Canyon. They...
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Investigating Nonprofits
Students investigate nonprofit organizations. In this service learning activity, students complete information recording forms as they research selected nonprofit organizations. Students use their findings to design promotional posters...
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Doing What's Right
Students hold a class discussion. In this integrity lesson, students discuss the definition of integrity and read various handouts about what it means to do what's right. Students write a reflection in their journals.
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Fairness Metaphor
Middle schoolers write a metaphor. In this descriptive writing lesson, students define metaphor. Middle schoolers come up with a creative metaphor to describe their feelings about fair practices related to music downloads.
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Valuing the World Around You
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this character education lesson, students examine a quote from John Muir regarding the value of nature.
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Testing the Caverns
Learners build model caverns using paper mache or clay and bury them in a tray of sand. They test the models by dropping balls onto them to simulate an asteroid hitting the earth. They evaluate the effectiveness of a structure against...
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Writing a Grant
Students explore grant writing. In this grant writing lesson, students brainstorm possible community service projects. Students complete a grant proposal form.
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
Students investigate modular clock arithmetic and cryptography. They perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic and encode and decode messages using simple shift and affine ciphers.
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Graphing and the Coordinate Plane
Students gain practice reading coordinates and plotting points by participating in the Coordinates! Game. They demonstrate and test their skills with graph paper and the Maze Game.
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Comparing Fractions
Students discuss the nature of fractions and compare fractions based on a similar whole to determine relative size.
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Investigating Respect
Students examine prejudice and stereotyping. In this prejudice and stereotyping lesson, students define the words and give examples. They look at pictures of five different people before working in groups to discover their own prejudices...
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Finding Remainders in Pascal's Triangle
Students use clock arithmetic to find remainders. In this patterns in math lesson plan, students explore the relationship between clock arithmetic and remainders using a computer applet. Students also identify patterns in Pascal's...
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
Young scholars explore the concept of modular arithmetic and cryptography. In this modular arithmetic and cryptography instructional activity, students use applets to explore modular arithmetic using a clock and Caesar Ciphers. Young...
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Estimation
Learners explore the concept of estimation. In this estimation activity, students discuss making estimates through teacher led discussion. Learners use the Internet to complete an activity where they must estimate the length of lines.
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Recognizing Patterns
Students explore the concept of patterns. In this patterns instructional activity, students use applets to manipulate tessellations. Students predict the next number in a sequence by recognizing patterns.
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Bar Graph Lesson
Students make a bar graph. In this graphing lesson, students discuss why bar graphs are used and are shown bar graph examples. Students create their own bar graph to compare the heights of different things around the world. Students...