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Nonprofits are Necessary (6-8)

Unit of 4 lessons

6th-8th Grade

Subjects:

Math, Philanthropy and Social Studies

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Lesson 1 :	PHIL:	Guidestar.org; Nonprofit Organizations
	SOC:	Communities; Inquiry
Lesson 2 :	MAT:	Data Collection/Organization; Graphs/Charts/Tables
	PHIL:	Nonprofit Organizations
	SOC:	Inquiry
Lesson 3 :	PHIL:	Nonprofit Organizations
	SOC:	Capital Equipment; Career Opportunities; Goods and Services; Human Capital; Inquiry; Natural Resources
Lesson 4 :	PHIL:	Advocacy; Nonprofit Organizations
	SOC:	Democracy; Global Issues; Inquiry; Maps

Unit Overview:

The lessons in this unit are designed to help learners recognize nonprofit organizations in the community, discover how many nonprofit organizations are located within the community, learn about the different job opportunities in nonprofit organizations, meet actual people who work in the nonprofit sector, and investigate a country that needs assistance from nonprofit organizations.

Teacher Note: This unit is made up of four lessons. For the purpose of teaching about the nonprofit sector and nonprofit jobs, Lessons One, Two and Three can be used without Lesson Four. Lesson Four gives an added opportunity for students to use their new knowledge about the nonprofit sector to be engaged in a service project.

Unit Purpose:

The lessons in this unit are designed to help learners become more aware of how nonprofit organizations benefit communities, job opportunities within the nonprofit sector, and how nonprofit organizations outreach to countries beyond local communities.

Unit Objectives:

The learner will:

name nonprofit organizations in the community.
identify the purpose of specific nonprofit organizations in the community.
show the number of nonprofit organizations within the community.
construct a list of job opportunities in the nonprofit sector and specific community members with these positions.
evaluate whether a nonprofit organization provides a good or a service and if natural resources, human capital, or capital equipment are used in production.
identify the struggles of the people in an emerging democracy.
choose a nonprofit charity that is involved in helping the people of an emerging democracy and create an advertisement to collect donations.

Service Experience:

Although lessons in this unit contain service project examples, decisions about service plans and implementation should be made by students, as age appropriate.

Students will create an advertisement to promote school donations to a nonprofit charity. The advertisement will describe a country that is in need, where the country is located, the charity or nonprofit organization that is providing assistance, and the way in which people can donate.

Unit Assessment:

Evaluation of student work and performance
Teacher observation

School/Home Connection:

Lesson Two: What Would You Do Without Nonprofits?

Notes for Teaching:

Lesson Three invites a speaker to visit the classroom. The speaker is anyone who works in a nonprofit organization. Included in this lesson is a letter to help prepare the speaker for the classroom visit. The teacher may want to contact and plan a date for the visitation before the start of this unit.
Each lesson includes some form of research for the students. Web sites have been noted, but the teacher may want to visit the sites to make sure addresses are still current and information is accessible.