1.   Global Community Creating understanding among community, creating an opportunity for youth to build a partnership with one another, creating a connection of oneness among diversity. Youth will be able to serve as community transformers in mobilizing their communities as "peacemakers" in building bridges where all children can cross.

2.   Be the Change Students will use research to illustrate how one person's action can make a difference in a local community and in the world.

3.   Giving Back to our School Community Illustrates a lesson in giving back to the community. The class discusses the concept of giving and makes stepping-stones for the school garden.

4.   Be the Change You Wish to See Your students will bring together everything they have learned in this unit to turn knowledge and compassion into action.

1.   Lesson Four Lesson Four: Non-violent activism. Brief Overview: Students will critique non-violent campaigns to stop human rights abuses and will describe the talents they possess which they could use to advocate for positive social change. Required Materials and/or Equipment: Video: Stand and be Counted Crosby, David, & Bender, David. (2000). S...

2.   Student Activism ...nary of Science and Technology · Learn about STUDENT: Homework resources Student Bureau Gameroom the U.S. with our online atlas TEACHER: Teacher's edition Subject areas Teaching tools CNN · Understand NEWSROOM the phases of the Return to moon CNNfyi Home · Online Stanford writing assessment Student Activism July 5, 2001 Web posted at: 4:54 PM EDT (2054 GMT) Lesson Plans by month Lesson Plans by subject OVERVIEW: What is "activism" these days, and what forms does it take? How does it differ from protests of past decades? How is it the same? What is its role in the development of students as they become...

3.   Save the Galapagos! Save the Galapagos! Unit Topic: The Galapagos Islands Grade Level: Middle School Basic Concepts: Global citizenship, stewardship, activism Content Areas: Language Arts, Social Studies Time: 1 1/2 hours Objectives Students will recognize that they are an important part of the ecological system in the world, and that they each have a responsibility to help in the conservation of the planet. Students will be able to see the results of the...

4.   CMI - Activism Activism Leading question Objectives Duration Location Media and other materials needed Sequence Personal ideas or experiences to share Supplementary titles/activities Leading question: What is of ultimate concern? In other words, what are the things that are most important, the things that should call us to...

5.   Thinking Like a Citizen | Lesson ...arious avenues for expressing concern and influencing public opinion about the health hazards of smoking. Students assume the role of social activists, and brainstorm ways of focusing media attention on the risks of smoking. Learning Outcomes Students will demonstrate: an awareness of the role that activism plays in promoting awareness of issues such as tobacco an understanding of the difference between constructive forms of activism, and negative forms Preparation and Materials For ideas on how to conduct discussion groups on this topic, see Guidelines for Peer-Led Discussion Groups, on the sidebar. P...

6.   "Anything We Love Can Be Saved"-A Contemporary ...ell-Civil Rights Leader _ You're Here 3. "Anything We Love Subjects: Can Be Saved"-A Language Arts, Contemporary Philanthropy and Social 4. Writing for Action Studies _ Key Words/Concepts (click to view) ELA: Author's Style/Purpose; Cultural/Historical Contexts; Persuasive Techniques; Reading PHIL: Activism; Advocacy; Environmental Stewardship; Minorities; Women SOC: Chronology; Time The LEAGUE Logo LEAGUE Lessons LeagueWorldWide.org Purpose: Students will recognize the linguistic strategies that Alice Walker uses in her introduction to Anything You Love Can Be Saved that persuade readers to believe in...

7.   FactCheckED.org ...r, you could just figure out what your audience wants to hear and tell them that. Politicians, advertisers and others with something to sell choose words and images that will appeal to their target audience, enticing them to accept claims unquestioningly. Some of these manipulators, like the animal activism site peta2.com, focus their attentions on teenagers and young adults. In this lesson, students won't check peta2's factual accuracy, but will learn to spot their manipulative tactics and why they should be skeptical about them. Objectives Background Instructions Materials Exercises Optional Standard...

8.   350th.Org ...with civil rights (at home) and Soviet Jewry (abroad). Jewish involvement in civil rights occurred during the 1950s and early 60s, while Jewish support for the struggle of their Soviet coreligionists began in the late 1960s and continued through the 1980s. This shift in the focus of American Jewish activism signifies a larger ideological move during this time from universalism to particularism in community politics. This lesson introduces students to the American Jewish role in both the Civil rights and Soviet Jewry movements, and in the process, invites them to explore varieties of political activism...

9.   The Environment: Issues and Politics ...urrent Topic environmental issues confronting governments, political leaders, and Index activist groups. Clip Index Duration 2 to 3 lessons All Clips from Purpose Index of Great To conduct Internet research on current environmental issues and their Interviews impact on political decision-making and activism CBC Archives Topic Acid Rain: Pollution and Politics 1. Introduction During the 1970s and '80s acid rain became one of the most critical and controversial environmental questions of the day. Scientists were able to identify acid rain as a serious environmental hazard with obvious causes, but the Uni...

10.   This is Rosa Parks ...iet Tubman 2. Secret Quilt Codes GRADES: K-2 3. Riding the Underground Railroad You're Here _ 4. This is Rosa Parks 5. Jackie Subjects: Joyner-Kersee Language Arts, Philanthropy and Social Studies _ Key Words/Concepts (click to view) ART: Visual Arts: Perform ELA: Biography; Compare/ Contrast PHIL: Activism; African American; Common Good; Community; Heroes The LEAGUE Logo SOC: Civil Rights; LEAGUE Lessons Communities; Laws; Parks, Rosa; Racism; LeagueWorldWide.org Tubman, Harriet This lesson has not been released for public viewing. Please check back soon. embed(/ lessons/ratings/Ratings.swf? unit=139&...