Lesson Summary:

This lesson comes from a unit called "Tzedakah: How Can We Help?" on www.LearningToGive.org, a resource that offers philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement.

This unit s overview:
"Using traditional Jewish texts as a basis, students will learn about the concept of Tzedakah (charity).Through three different lessons, the students will receive a solid foundation and understanding that there is more to this mitzvah than putting coins into a box.The students (while quite young) will have the opportunity to better understand where the money that is collected goes by making that decision as a class. Students will also take the lessons they learned from the classroom and spread them throughout the school. There will be a link between classroom lessons, actions, and experiences to emphasize the importance of the mitzvah of Tzedakah."

The other lessons in this unit include:
Share Your Bread
Meal Math

The purpose of this lesson, stated on the site is:
"This lesson will help students identify a person’s basic needs, realize that many people in the world are lacking these needs, and encourage them to think of ways to help these people."