Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Unit Overview:
Unit Purpose:
Learners will learn how to become environmental stewards by participating in several service learning activities that help address environmental needs in their school communities. They will gain an understanding of the importance of environmental stewardship and how they can participate. Learners will also understand that they are part of a whole and that they have a responsibility to participate in caring for the Earth.
Focus Questions:
Why does the world need environmental stewards?
What do we have to give for what we have been given?
Unit Objectives:
The learner will:
- define stewardship as the careful and responsible management of the Earth.
- engage in a classroom discussion about ways to be good stewards of the Earth.
- create a visual representation displaying ideas presented.
- share individual representations in a whole class setting.
- participate in a whole group discussion addressing setting, problem, and solution of the stories shared.
- create environmental awareness posters.
- participate in a neighborhood cleanup activity.
- create a collection display to be shared with the class.
- reflect on ways to be good stewards of the Earth by maintaining a cleaner community.
- participate in a school wide clean up.
- engage in a classroom discussion focused on community based environmental issues and stewardship.
- reflect on school wide clean-up activity through group discussions and the use of individual journaling.
Service Experience:
Learners will be participating in an “at home” service learning activity. Along with their families, they will be collecting trash from their homes or neighborhoods and creating a sample display of their findings to be shared with the class. The learners will have the opportunity to share what they have found as well as reflect upon why the items existed in their environment and how the clean up has helped.
In Lesson Three learners will be asked to participate in a school wide clean up of the school grounds and the building. Learners will be meeting a continual need in their school community as well as gaining awareness of the environmental issues represented in the school community. Learners will be given the opportunity to reflect on their service activity through whole group discussion and independent journaling.
Unit Assessment:
The teacher will assess for mastery of objectives through observation, student work, and reflection journals.
School/Home Connection:
Interactive Parent/ Student Homework:
Attachment One, Lesson Two: Beginning At Home
Attachment One, Lesson Three: The Great School Clean Up
Notes for Teaching:
This unit encourages parent participation. Communication between home and school is important. You will need to send home school/home connection activities with enough time for families to thoughtfully complete activities. It is also important to set your date and time for the school clean-up event and inform parents ahead of time to allow them the opportunity to participate.
State Curriculum and Philanthropy Theme Frameworks:
See individual lessons for benchmark detail.
Lessons Developed By:
Tracey Fritz
Mona Shores Public Schools
Churchill Elementary
961 Porter
Muskegon, MI 49441
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