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Women's Shelter Service Project
Students research ways to help a women's shelter in a service project. In this service project lesson, students develop ways to meet needs of a women's shelter. Students select a need, plan, and conduct a service project to meet that need.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Goods and Services
First graders demonstrate the difference between goods and services.
Curated OER
Our Community Helpers
Students explore community helpers in order to explain how they fit into their community and the world.
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We Are Philanthropists- Soup service Families
Young scholars complete a service project. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students gather with their families to discuss how they can give to others. Young scholars and their families prepare jars of dried soup mix that will be...
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What Is a Foundation?
Learners explore the concept of grants. In this philanthropy lesson, students meet a grant-writer and then collaborate to prepare a grant request.
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Caring for the Land
Fifth graders examine how to care for the land. In this soil management lesson, 5th graders participate in a service learning project and assist in the preservation of natural resources.
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Sacred Giving: When?
Students explore the concept of sacred giving. In this philanthropy lesson, students research the tzedakah model as they read primary sources. Students also participate in a Jewish tzedakah and reflect on the experience.
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Was Nobel Noble? Meet the Man
Middle schoolers discover the man behind the Nobel Peace Prize. For this philanthropy lesson, students research Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Peace Prize and create personal banners including works they would like to be remembered for.
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Fame, Fortune, and Philanthropy
With your middle schoolers, develop concepts such as philanthropy, civic responsibility, community service, and common good. Discuss famous philanthropists and what we can each give of our time, talent and treasure to better our...
DePaul University
A Garden in Lawndale
We are all capable of changing the world for the better; all it takes is a spark. Read about a group of seventh grade learners in Chicago, IL who took it upon themselves to improve their community by turning a vacant lot into a garden....
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Day
Teaching class members all about the importance and meaning behind Veterans Day with an informative resource. Pupils complete a classroom activity guide and individual research to learn more about the brave men and women who defend the...
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Roosevelt's Legacy: Conservation
The legacy of Theodore Roosevelt carries through modern American politics, economics, foreign policy, and society. But his proudest and most profound efforts were in the world of conservation, and in preserving the natural beauty of...
MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Early American Novel: Exploring the Emergence of a Genre
Need an extra challenge for your best readers? Check out a unit that uses Hannah Webster Foster’s epistolary novel, The Coquette, published in 1797, as the anchor text. The resource is packed with project ideas; each with its own...
Berkshire Museum
Camouflage!: Collecting Data and Concealing Color
Help young scholars see the important role camouflage plays in the survival of animals with a fun science lesson. Starting with an outdoor activity, children take on the role of hungry birds as they search for worms represented by...
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Helping Hands Across the Word
Students explore ways to prevent poverty. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the stories Beatrice's Goat and Give a Goat and construct a Venn diagram comparing the two stories. Students discuss how to conserve resources to...
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Understanding Modern Vietnam Through the Five Themes of Geography
Middle schoolers explore Vietnam and prepare a studenT book about Vietnam using the five themes of Geography. These books be used to teach a younger classroom about Vietnam, as part of a service-learning project in our school.
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Historical Fiction Project
Students be engaged in a history project that is combined with Language Arts with the purpose of teaching students how to cite bibliographic information. This is important for doing future research.
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Trick or Treat for Unicef
Creative thinkers develope advertisements. They work in groups to create an advertisement featuring the importance of contributing to UNICEF. They research, learn about point of view, and present final projects to the class.
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English/Language Arts Methods Project
Students design a webquest requiring higher order thinking and providing students with opportunities to reflect on their learning. They include an assessment tool to evaluate the process and product.
Wild Screen
Design a Conservation Programme
In a comprehensive project, teen ecologists read case studies to learn about successful conservation programs, then work together to research an ecosystem. The project culminates with either an in-class presentation about a conservation...
WE Charity
Exploring the Four Leadership Styles
What is your leadership style? Tweens and teens independently complete a Four Leadership Styles worksheet. Once completed, they use a leadership code to identify their prominent leadership style. Class members gather by style, brainstorm...
Curated OER
Evaluating Information Sources Worksheet
Your class is getting ready for its first big research project. While they know how to use the Internet, do they know how to find academic information? Do they know how to find credible sources? Give them this packet and bring them to...
Judicial Branch of California
Faces of Citizenship: Jury Duty
An interesting middle school lesson focuses on the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Academics choose a civic project to complete, such as an oral history or photo essay. They then conduct interviews with members of the community...
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Map Your Community
Students study their community's assets and needs to create a service project that would meet the needs. In this community project lesson, students research their community and look for the strengths and weaknesses of the community. As a...