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Title:
Pilgrimage to the Classroom (116KB)
Topic: Jewish History & Culture
Grade: Jewish educators
Duration: Multi
Description:

To have an experiential experience of the joy, rest and peace of Shabba. To utilize the wisdom of our ancestors to connect us to our tradition and past and to learn from the wisdom of G-d's creation (nature).

Title:
Fateful Decisions (108KB)
Topic: Jewish History & Culture
Grade: High School
Duration: Single
Description: To make students aware of the similarities and differences of American and Israeli culture
Title:
Biblical Newspaper (52KB)
Topic: Jewish History & Culture
Grade: 3rd grade and up (Level of activity can change with age)
Duration: Tool
Description: To give the children a direct and personal connection with the different site of Israel.
Title:
Introduction to Holocaust Remembrance Day (69 KB)
Topic: Jewish History and Culture
Grade: 5th & 6th grade
Duration:  
Description: We are going to start the commemoration to Holocaust Remembrance Day by listening and discussing only 2 stories of the many thousands of stories of the Holocaust.
Title:
Tu B’Shevat: Tree of Life (97 KB)
Topic:  
Grade: Very adaptable to any grade, K-6
Duration:  
Description: How do the science and spirituality of trees intersect in Judaism?
Title:
Tribal Explorations (63 KB)
Topic: Discussion
Grade: Adaptable for all Ages
Duration:  
Description: To familiarize students with a variety of information regarding the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Title:
Jews In The Diaspora: The Bar Kohkva Revolt (336 KB)
Topic: Jews in the Diaspora: Bar Kokhva Revolt
Grade: Children (ages 9-13) -To use for adults, simply alter the questions to consider.
Duration: multi-lesson
Description: This lesson is to teach the children about the revolt and how they did it.
Title:
350 Years: The History of the Jews in America (239 KB)
Topic: Religious Education/ History of Jewish Communities
Grade: Middle School Students - Grades 6-8
Duration: multi-lesson
Description: Engaging lesson to teach students about the history of Jewish culture in America
Title:
The Golden Age of Spanish Jewry (926 KB)
Topic: Jewish History & Culture
Grade: 6th - 8th grade
Duration: multi-lesson
Description: Engaging lessons to teach students about the rich Jewish culture that existed in Spain before the inquisition.
Title:
Which Is More Important the Sun or the Moon? (426 KB)
Topic: Jewish History & Culture
Grade: 2nd - 4th grade
Duration: multi-lesson
Description: Children learn how the phases of the moon relate to the Jewish calendar.
 
Title:
The Spanish Inquisition (417 KB)
Topic: Jewish History & Culture
Grade: 6th - 8th grade
Duration: multi-lesson
Description: Projects and discussions designed to teach about the crypto-Jews.
 
Title:
Keeping Judaism Alive Past and Present through Takanot and Tshuvot (77 KB)
Topic: Torah Study
Grade: Mixed age group, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Duration: 1-2 Hours
Description: Students will see how historical Jewish communities have worked to keep Judaism alive and better understand how we have chosen to live as Jews in the modern world.
Title:
Music During the Temple Period (43 KB)
Topic: Jewish music and Jewish history
Grade: 3rd and 4th grade
Duration: 2 or 3 classes (45 min. each)
Description: Students will form an understanding that Jews during the time of the Temple were not so different from them - they liked to sing and dance and play instruments just like the students do today.
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