Philanthropy – Year 12
Context for learning
The purpose of this unit is for students to research ways to support the community, fundraise or
work within a set budget, through the contexts of global responsibilities, human rights and
philanthropy organisations.
Learning areas
 Social studies
 Accounting
Learning outcomes
Students will:
 explore how communities and
nations meet their responsibilities
and exercise their rights, local,
national, global contexts
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Financial Capability Progressions
Budgeting and financial
management
 Produce a balanced budget
to manage personal finances.
demonstrate knowledge of financial
management for an entity,
Accounting 8.1, 8.2 (18956).
Key competencies
Values
Participating and contributing
 Collaborating to carry out a project.
 Providing feedback on others'
decisions.
Relating to others
 Collaborating with others in financial
decision-making.
Managing self
 Planning for the short and long term
(budgeting, financial structures etc).
Community
 Considering personal
contributions to community
goals.
 Sharing resources,
knowledge and skills.
 Understanding the need for
charity.
Teaching and learning sequence
Philanthropy – making a difference for others
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Student groups to undertake research about agencies, local, national and global,
that have been set up to raise money, provide services or to offer opportunities for
people/groups/nations that are in some way underprivileged. Each group to take a
sector and develop a report for presentation to the other groups.
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Each group to identify a particular organisation that has a good ‘fit’ with the
group’s values, to develop a concept and plan to support the chosen organisation
to carryout their work. This may involve raising money, developing relationships
with other organisations or personal input into the activities.

Present the plan of actions to the school management and then to the identified
organisation. This process will require gaining appropriate permissions from
parents, the school and the identified organisation.

Undertake the actions identified in the plan.
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Each individual student to maintain a ‘Learning Journal’. The nature of the input
into the journal is to be developed by the student groups and agreed upon.
Assessment ideas
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NCEA.
SOST Level 2 – Plan a social action in relation to a social issue.