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EdNews
"Teaching Social Responsibility"
Educational Leadership
Summer 2009

Education's highest aim is to create moral and civic habits of the heart.


At a time when the United States faces unprecedented challenges at home and abroad, public schools must do far more to prepare young people to be engaged, ethical advocates of "liberty and justice for all." Yes, reading and math are important. But what matters most is what kinds of human beings are reading the books and doing the math.

After all, the character of a nation is determined by the character of its people. "Is there no virtue among us?" asked James Madison. "If there be not, we are in a wretched situation...To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea."
(read more of the issue's opening article,
"Schools of Conscience")

 

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Learning to Give logoWith the goal of teaching the importance of voluntary action for the Common Good in a Democratic Society and seeking to empower young people to make a difference in their school, their community, and their world, The League's "Learning to Give" offers lesson plans, activities, and resources to educate youth about the power of social action and responsibility.

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Ameriquest Kids
by
Jennifer Allen

Ameriquest Kids newest program, "Why We Serve" not only explains the basics of the U.S. Armed Forces, but also educates and excites kids, K-6, about civic responsibilities....primarily serving others. Click on the link to an educators one-page. This link below gives you a video glimpse, several sample pages of the blackline master, TEKS/TAKS/NCSS criteria and FREE downloads for classroom use.

http://www.ameriquestkids.com/texased/

The Money Academy
--A Teacher's Dream

Finally! The Money Academy’s new curriculum brings financial literacy to the elementary classroom!

There is no better time for financial education than in the current economy. For five years The Money Academy’s award-winning camps and clubs have provided kids an experience of how money works. Now offered as an in-school curriculum, this extraordinary program integrates Social Studies, Math and Language Arts while building citizenship and financial responsibility.

For more information on the curriculum or to come observe an Entrepreneur Camp this summer, call Janis Bookout at (512) 443-8851 or send an email to Janis@TheMoneyAcademy.net. For general information on the Money Academy, click here. Curriculum information will be added by June 1.
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