Organizations Lesson Plans

1. Lesson One: Organization Fair
...ome and Community Building Community Web Pages Lesson One Organization Fair Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description + Grade level: Middle/Upper Elementary, High School + Subject Area: Social Studies Brief Description Students begin their investigations of community organizations by creating brief profiles of local agencies. Students gather information about various community organizations and present their findings to the class. Up to Contents of thisPage Objectives Students will: + Learn about various organizations in their community. + Gain experience in making profession...

2. Protecting and Providing Protecting and Providing
...What You Need Reference materials on the Industrial Revolution Construction paper, art materials What to Do 1. Explain to students that in response to the displacements and fast-moving changes in society, some sectors of it were at a disadvantage. As a result, concerned citizens formed many private organizations to help individuals and bring about social change. The organizations included ethnic and humane societies, community settlement houses, unions, and fraternal organizations. Some examples are Hull House, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Henry Street settlement house,...

3. Identifying the Nonprofit Sector
...opy and Social Studies _ Key Words/Concepts (click to view) PHIL: Nonprofit Organization (NGO); Nonprofit Sector SOC: Compare/Contrast; Economic Systems; Free Market; Goods and Services; Government The LEAGUE Logo LEAGUE Lessons LeagueWorldWide.org Purpose: Students will learn to identify nonprofit organizations within their communities. Duration: One Fifty-Minute Class Period embed(/ Objectives: lessons/ratings/Ratings.swf? unit=43&lesson=1&rating=0& number=2&average=3.5& has_rating=0&count=3& The learner will: taughtIt=0) + define the nonprofit sector as that part of the non-governmental sector of the eco...

4. EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | A Moo-ving Experience
...this lesson Email this lesson Write a review of this lesson Review this lesson Find other related lessons Find related lessons EconomicsMinute A Moo-ving Experience Key Economic Concepts: Communities and cities Role of government Scarcity Description: Students gain an understanding about non-profit organizations and the role they play in our economy. Students then learn about a relatively new type of fundraising effort, known as CowParade , for non- profit organizations that has been successful in a number of cities around the world. Students adapt CowParade for their own community. Lesson Objectives: Stude...

5. Nonprofit Organizations in the Local Economy
...ng To Give, An Action of the Heart, a Project for the Mind LTG Initiatives + + Japan + Korea Home About Us Resource Room Lesson Search Quotation Search Order Materials TeachersParentsYouth WorkersReligious InstructorsCommunityStudents _ Home > Teachers > Lessons > Philanthropic Research > Nonprofit Organizations in the Local Economy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Printer Friendly Philanthropic Research LESSON 3: Nonprofit Organizations in the Local Economy Unit Contents Philanthropic Research 1. How Should I Begin? 2. Government Agencies and Philanthropic Organizations GRADES: 9-12 You're Here 3. Nonprofit Organizations in...

6. Lesson Plan 2- Street Children - Laws & Conventions
...he Children off the Street Primary Method Used: Individual Internet Research Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Define the term, street child 2. Identify the main causes for leaving home and taking to the streets 3. Identify several international, regional and national non-governmental organizations that combat the prevalence, abuse & exploitation of street children 4. Describe the activity of these NGOs in an assigned country 5. Outline the success or failure of the government of an assigned country to cooperate in this effort 6. Suggest possible action plans for the assigned country Equipment...

7. Get To Know Your Local Philanthropic Organizations
...Project for the Mind LTG Initiatives + + Japan + Korea Home About Us Resource Room Lesson Search Quotation Search Order Materials TeachersParentsYouth WorkersReligious InstructorsCommunityStudents _ Home > Teachers > Lessons > Philanthropy, You, and Your World > Get To Know Your Local Philanthropic Organizations _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Printer Friendly Philanthropy, You, and Your World LESSON 3: Get To Know Your Local Philanthropic Organizations Unit Contents Philanthropy, You, and Your World 1. Characterizing Philanthropic People 2. What Does a GRADES: 6-8 Philanthropic Organization Do? You're Here _ 3. Get To Know...

8. Lesson Plan 2- Child Prostitution - Laws & Conventions
...Business Primary Method Used: Individual Internet Research Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Define the term, child prostitution 2. Identify the main causes that drive a child to submit to a life of prostitution 3. Identify several international, regional and national non-governmental organizations that combat the prevalence of child prostitution 4. Describe the activity of these NGOs in an assigned country 5. Outline the success or failure of the government of an assigned country to cooperate in this effort 6. Suggest possible action plans for the assigned country Equipment and Supplies Neede...

9. Nonprofits? (6-8)
...Community (6-8) You're Here 1. Nonprofits? (6-8) GRADES: 6-8 2. What Does a Nonprofit Do, and for Whom? (6-8) _ 3. Nonprofits in our Community and World Subjects: (6-8) Philanthropy and Social 4. Day in the Life of Studies a Nonprofit (A) (6-8) _ Key Words/Concepts (click to view) PHIL: For Profit Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations SOC: Civil Society; Compare/ Contrast; Contemporary Issues; LEAGUE Optional Lesson: The Drive The LEAGUE Logo LEAGUE Lessons LeagueWorldWide.org Purpose: Students will distinguish the nonprofit sector from the for-profit sector. Duration: One Fifty-Minute Class Period Object...

10. Created by Jamie Preston, Mayor's Commission on Literacy, Philadelphia, PA
...ABE classes. Guide them to the Health category and the Diseases subcategory. 4. Ask them to scroll down the directory until they find the Asthma category. (If students are familiar with Bookmarks, have them make one for this page.) 5. Underneath the Search window there are links to Companies and to Organizations. Ask students to click on Companies and find two interesting links. Give students a few minutes to quickly get a sense of the kind of information each site is presenting. (The teacher should print two examples to be used later in class discussion.) 6. Hit the Back key to get back to the page with As...