Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Unit Overview:
Using Biblical and Rabbinic texts as a basis, students will explore appropriate ways to relate to others. Students will become more aware of the need to compromise and internalize the importance of sharing with their peers through two collaborative projects. Students will then focus on issues of discrimination and tolerance, both in fictional and non-fictional situations.
Unit Purpose:
This unit demonstrates to students the importance of being aware of the needs and opinions of others. It encourages students to think beyond themselves and to treat others with tolerance and respect.
This unit enables students to reflect on the following questions:
What does it mean to compromise?
What does it mean to be a good friend?
What does it mean to be tolerant of others?
Unit Objectives:
The learner will:
- explain the phrase "Love your neighbor as yourself."
- explain the term "compromise."
- interview a classmate to understand their opinions.
- compromise their needs to meet the needs of others in a collaborative project.
- become familiar with Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers).
- evaluate the actions of others.
- write a collaborative poem.
- relate to tolerance within a Biblical context.
- define tolerance.
- define discrimination.
- apply the lesson of The Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss, to modern day situations.
- speak out against discrimination in a letter to Congress.
Service Experience:
Students will write letters to Congress to speak out against discrimination and to support anti-hate legislation.
Unit Assessment:
Assess students based on observations, their performance on worksheets, poems, and letters. Also assess the level of understanding of compromise, tolerance, and lack of discrimination that they demonstrate when they share, reflect, and write.
School/Home Connection:
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Using Biblical and Rabbinic texts as a basis, students will explore appropriate ways to relate to others. Students become more aware of the need to compromise and internalize the importance of sharing with their peers through two collaborative projects. Students then focus on issues of discrimination and tolerance, both in fictional and non-fictional situations.Interactive Parent / Student Homework:
After Lesson Two, instruct students to write a collaborative poem with a sibling or parent. The poem should be about sharing in a family.After Lesson Three, students should share all information that they learned about their local Congressmen with their parents to help them decide who to support in future elections.
State Curriculum and Philanthropy Theme Frameworks:
See individual lessons for benchmark detail.
Lessons Developed By:
Shira Hammerman
Areyvut
http://www.areyvut.org
147 South Washington Avenue
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
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