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Making a Difference in World Health

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discover environmental awareness by conducting a collection project in class. In this global food lesson, students identify the importance of feeding all of the humans on Earth and discuss why some aren't properly nourished....
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Be the Change You Wish to See

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners review the lessons from the whole unit before devising a plan of action for a volunteer effort. They work in teams using a worksheet to determine a social cause that they develop an effective idea to promote. They design an...
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Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your School

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students evaluate their school's human rights climate using criteria derived from the universal Declaration of Human Rights. They identify areas of particular concern and develop an action plan to begin addressing the issues.
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Food Security, Nutrition and Health

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the concepts of food security and malnutrition. In this healthy diets lesson, students discuss hunger. food security, and malnutrition. Learners collages that depict a world in which no one goes hungry and share them...
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Food - What's in It for You?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine healthy eating and nutrition. They read and discuss articles, and create a list of ten healthy eating tips in the form of a poster, newspaper article, or presentation.
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Literature About Chicago: Prose vs. Poetry

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this comprehension exercise, readers compare Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" to a description of the city from Upton's Sinclair's The Jungle.
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On the Brink

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a film about environmental issues. They discover how environmental degradation can lead to disease. They identify the relationship between population growth and the environment.
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The World in a Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners calculate percentages of different kinds of people in the world. In this diversity lesson plan, students will see the percentages of different people and different incomes based on if the world only had 100 people in it.
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Pay It Forward

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders practice serial reciprocity. In this "Pay It Forward," lesson, 9th graders watch the film of the same name and discuss how it mirrors work by Martin Luther King, Jr. Students then discuss service projects they can carry out...
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Echo, Echo, Echo, Each can help others

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss and research arguments about philanthropy. In this persuasive speech writing lesson plan, students choose a needed project for the community and present the reasons for the project through an original persuasive speech....
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Avoiding Reality

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the trait of perseverance. In this character education lesson, 8th graders discuss how to deal with reality. Students consider how to help others facing difficult situations.
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Wages, Earning Power, Profit, and Responsibility: International Lessons

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in an interactive activity to determine where their clothers were made. They examine the lives of children from Latin America who harvest crops in the fields or manufacture apparel in factories.
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What's Being Done?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of animal welfare. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine legislation that supports animals in their state as well as the role of the  American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking activity, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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Suffragettes 4

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners discover details about women's suffrage in Britain. In this women's rights lesson, students examine "Grace Before Meat,"a political cartoon that serves as a discussion starter, for the suffrage movement in Britain. Learners...
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Better Weight

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate a Biblical based weight loss program which asks them to read, take on-line quizzes and tests, assess their level of physical activity, explore nutrition and food guidelines and determine whether weight loss would be...
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Malnourishment and Poverty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how poverty impacts people in many developing countries.  In this Student Voices against Poverty lesson, students calculate data on numbers of children suffering from Vitamin A deficiency and numbers of...
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Suffragettes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover details about women's suffrage in Britain. In this women's right instructional activity, students examine a political cartoon that serves as a discussion starter for the suffrage movement in Britain. Students evaluate...
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Reflection on the Long Term

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write about how they should not get discouraged if they don't see results in the short term, because it will pay off in the long term. In this short and long term lesson plan, students discuss quotes and read passages about long...
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"Julie of the Wolves"

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research life in Alaska and compare life there to their lives in this lesson. They read "Julie of the Wolves." They research through the novel and other reference books facts about the Alaskan climate and geography. They...
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Darfur Now Lesson Four: The Messages of Darfur Now

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the work in individuals that are part of Darfur Now. In this human rights lesson, students also analyze the message of Weisel's Not on Our Watch. Students create found poems pertaining to social responsibility and activism.
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Flavors and Favors

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students conduct a food drive. In this service learning lesson, students put on a school-wide food drive, decorate the bags the food will be delivered in and possibly even help distribute the food.
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Why are People Hungry and Malnourished?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read "The Story of Miguel's Tomatoes" to review the steps involved in the food system. In groups, students complete a food system chart. Using the chart as a model, students choose a commonly eaten food and trace it from its...
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We the Present

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils interview representatives from nonprofit organizations in their community. They summarize the information from their interviews and share the information with the class. They identify the impact of the organization on the community.