Home ›

Using Our Talents for the Common Good

0
Your rating: None

Using Our Talents for the Common Good

Description:
The students will be introduced to the concept of philanthropy by first exploring the definition of "talents." Though they are young, the students should be able to realize that they have talents to offer to others. The students will decide what their individual talents are and then what talents the group, as a community, has to offer. As a group they will decide how they can use these talents to help their school community or another group. The students will determine what will be needed in order to use their talents to help others. For example: many communities have a nursing home and/or a senior citizen's apartment complex. If a class wishes to go there to sing, they may need to pay for the busing; if the students decide that they wish to plant flowers in front of the school, they may need funds to pay for the plants, etc. The students will visit a foundation office or ask a representative of the foundation to visit them. (In a community that does not have a foundation, the teacher could present the necessary information.) The students will work together to write a grant proposal. They will then carry out their chosen project.
Education Levels:
1, 2, Kindergarten
Subject:
Civics, Human Behavior, Human Relations, Sociology, Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary, Writing (composition)
Resource Type:
Unit of instruction
Medium:
Text/HTML
Fee Status:
Free
Beneficiary:
Students
Online provider:
Learning to Give

Comments