Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Unit Purpose:
Students look for examples of personal best in a movie about perseverance and discuss the value of working toward personal best even when it is difficult. They analyze the meaning of personal best and recognize the value of persistence in doing their best. Students choose two causes or issues that they feel most concerned about. With those in mind, they explore how perseverance and doing their personal best are the most effective ways to address needs.
Focus Questions:
What role does perseverance play in relationships and life success? How can developing perseverance equip people as world citizens who contribute to the common good?
Unit Duration:
Five 20-minute lessons
Unit Objectives:
The learner will:
- state the benefits of doing personal best.
- define perseverance and relate to personal best.
- do his or her personal best to play a catch-and-throw game with a partner.
- watch a video about a man with cerebral palsy who perseveres in a difficult situation.
- discuss the gentle persistence of water in creating the Grand Canyon.
- work in small groups to complete a chart of the Frayer Model that defines personal best.
- read the charts of the other groups.
- select two causes by drawing dots on signs posted around the room.
- discuss the impact of a few people on big causes and needs.
- reflect in writing on the importance of perseverance and doing personal best in order to make a difference in the long-term.
Service Experience:
This character education mini-lesson is not intended to be a service learning lesson or to meet the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice. The character education units will be most effective when taught in conjunction with a student-designed service project that provides a real world setting in which students can develop and practice good character and leadership skills. For ideas and suggestions for organizing service events go to The League.
State Curriculum and Philanthropy Theme Frameworks:
See individual lessons for benchmark detail.
Lessons Developed By:
Barbara Dillbeck
Director
Learning to Give
Betsy Flikkema
Associate Director
Learning to Give
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