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Learning Objectives

  • Define generosity 
  • Identify behaviors for practicing generosity
  • Act out what practicing generosity looks and sounds like
  • Identify a personal example of generosity and the behaviors people use to be generous 
  • Provide examples to answer the question: “How do people practice generosity?”

Overview

Historians help others. We can all be generous! Teach your young historians that generosity involves more than money. In this lesson, students will learn that generosity extends to time, things, and concern for others. Students will analyze images, share personal experiences, and apply what they learn in role-playing scenarios to answer the mystery question: How do people practice generosity?

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