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The Extra Place

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss the story of a Peace Corps volunteer's experiences in Poland. They read and write a response to the story, and participate in a class analysis about their own personal decision regarding the story.
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The Importance of Being Flexible and Open-minded as a Visitor to Another Culture: Lesson 2 For "The Train Ride Home"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the advantages of being flexible when visiting or living in a different culture. They read and discuss a first-hand account by a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan, and write a letter from the point of view of a...
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The Rigors of Learning a New Language

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer learning to speak Chinese. They read and discuss an essay written by the Peace Corps volunteer, analyze a map of China, and discuss the author's difficulties in learning the...
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Class Soup

For Teachers K - 2nd
Youngsters identify the ingredients in a can of vegetable soup and record a recipe for the soup. They volunteer to bring in soup ingredients, graph the quantities of each vegetable in the soup, and make the soup with help from parents....
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A Single Lucid Moment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine a case study of contrasting values between cultures. They read and discuss a story of a family of Peace Corps volunteers in Papua New Guinea, write a response to the story, and write a script for a dramatization of the...
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Honor People's Personal Space and Three Ways to Handle Conflict

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss how better behavior can make their school a safer place. Using volunteers, they demonstrate being too close to someone when talking and invading their personal space. Using this example, they identify the three positive...
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What are the Components of a Good Interview?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Class members develop interview questions and then one volunteer interviews a new principal (the instructor) while the entire class watches and takes notes. Participants then individually consider an interesting angle from which the...
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Ask a NASA Engineer

For Teachers K - 6th
Students develop questions to ask a NASA engineer to email them. After emailing the quesitons to the volunteer, the answers are sent to the class via the same method. To end the lesson plan, they formulate more questions and repeat the...
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A Lifetime of Service

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students research Peace Corp volunteer Mary Ann Camp. In this Peace Corp research lesson, students research analyze Camp's roles in the Peace Corp. Students research Mary Ann's Peace Corps work and watch a video about Mary Ann's...
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Discovering New Perspectives on Life

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer. For this global studies lesson, students listen to the story of a volunteer about the lessons he learned during his time in Morocco. Students discuss how they would have dealt...
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The Rigors of Learning a New Language

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an autobiography of a peace corps volunteer studying Chinese. In this cultural acceptance lesson, students compare the dialects of Chinese with English dialects. Students discuss the differences in learning and teaching a...
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Water: Narrative vs. Expository Texts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A reading of vignettes written by Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Lesotho and Madagascar launches a study of the difference between narrative and expository texts. As final products, young writers craft both a narrative and an...
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Working for the Common Good

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of nation building. In this Peace Corps lesson, students examine primary source documents from corps volunteers in the Dominican Republic to determine what it means to work for the common good.
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Choosing the Best Graph

For Teachers 6th
In this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders use a line graph to illustrate how a measure of data changes and explain their reasoning. Then they use a bar graph to compare pieces of data and a pictograph to compare data.
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What Does This Have To Do With Me?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how to make a difference in their community. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students discuss if one person can make a difference, brainstorm a list of actions individuals can take to make a difference and write an...
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The LEAGUE: Learning to Give Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on giving to people in their community. In this philanthropy lesson, students think about an elderly person in their neighborhood or community who has done something to make that community more beautiful. Students...
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Philanthropy and You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and discuss philanthropy. They research a philanthropist and write a three-paragraph essay summarizing what they have learned , including their own roles as philanthropists. They also plan and initiate personal acts of...
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Community Helpers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students brainstorm jobs that are a part of their community and decide whether or not the jobs are "for profit" or "not-for-profit." They draw a person doing his/her job and include the correct uniform, tools, etc. that the person would...
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A Story of Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Help your class define philanthropy and recognize philanthropic activities. Ask them to identify examples of philanthropy in literature and explore the philanthropic deeds of themselves and others. To wrap up, create a class display with...
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Making a Choice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read and discuss the text Miss Rumphius. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students discuss how the characters in the book made the world beautiful and create a class book of good deeds.
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Song Mapping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore locations on the United States map. In this map skills lesson, students recite the song This Land Is Your Land and locate various places listed in the song on the map.
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Singing as a Way of Giving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners perform songs from previous philanthropy lessons. In this music lesson, students create a video of songs and give it to a local shelter. Learners are encouraged to be creative and sing songs such as "What Can I Do for You" and...
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Secondary Citizenship: The Importance of Volunteering

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders define the word citizenship and explain what they think Dr. Langstaff meant by the question "Are you being a good citizen?" They are asked if they are active citizens. Students list acts they consider to be...
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Volunteering as Good Work

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the various jobs at a school. In this school jobs lesson, students recognize the way people in the school are helped by others. Students are assigned a job and write about the help of others. Students pages are put...

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