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Who Is a Jew? You Tube Style! (76KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
High School |
| Duration: |
Single |
| Description: |
To engage students with media presentationand allow students to see multiple Jews and discover many different ways of "being Jewish." Offer students a safe space to discuss their views and values of being Jewish and present them with the understaning that there is no right or wrong to the question "Who Is A Jew". |
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Teaching Patriarchs and Matriarchs: Three Fathers and Four Mothers (216KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
12 - 15 year olds |
| Duration: |
Multi |
| Description: |
To create an interest in studying Torah, starting with the patriarchs and matriarchs, in order to begin to learn about the value of Torah stories and their lessons for everyday life.
To develop skills for Torah text study. |
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Ritual Items “Game Day” Lesson Plan (672KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
2nd grade |
| Duration: |
Single |
| Description: |
To introduce the history and traditions of practicing the weekly holiday of Shabbat and to provide a hands on and oral approach, so that it appeals to different learning styles |
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Keeping Kosher (100Kb) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
6th and 7th grade |
| Duration: |
Single |
| Description: |
To allow students an opportunity to understand the Torah commandments relating to kashrut as well as the development of kashrut over time, up to the present day, including eco-kashrut. Students will be able to determine if an animal is kosher. |
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Blessings All Around Us (64KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
Early elementary |
| Duration: |
Single |
| Description: |
To teach students that our lives abound with holy things and moments, and make them aware of the variety of blessings already available in our tradition. |
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Title:
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Bible Menu Game (63 KB) |
| Topic: |
Review of biblical foods |
| Grade: |
AGES 8&UP |
| Duration: |
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| Description: |
This game is a ‘deliciously’ lighthearted, but 'nutritionaly' informative way to learn or review significant facts and teaching about biblical personalities. |
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Title:
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Bar/Bat Mitzvah as a Rite of Passage (276KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
6th and 7th grade |
| Duration: |
Single |
| Description: |
To help students understand that bar/bat mitzvah is both similar to and different from other adolescent rites of passage from around the world. And to offer an opportunity to explore what bar/bat mitzvah implies about what is valued in Jewish culture. |
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Blessings & Prayers (63 KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Blessings and Prayers |
| Grade: |
2nd and 3rd grade |
| Duration: |
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| Description: |
This lesson is meant introduce the concepts of Blessings and Prayers to young students. They need to know very little about the concepts to be able to participate successfully in this lesson. It’s both hands on, and verbal, so that it appeals to different learning styles. |
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Title:
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Tribal Explorations (63 KB) |
| Topic: |
Discussion |
| Grade: |
Adaptable for all Ages |
| Duration: |
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| Description: |
To familiarize students with a variety of information regarding the Twelve Tribes of Israel |
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Title:
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Facing East: Using the Compass as a Tool (69 KB) |
| Topic: |
Judaics |
| Grade: |
Upper Elementary, Middle School |
| Duration: |
multi-lesson unit |
| Description: |
Using the compass as a teaching tool in endless ways to teach a wide
variety of educational concepts, as well as Jewish values, with students in 4th grade
and older. The title “Facing East” comes from the idea that Jerusalem is East of
where we are here in Colorado. |
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Title:
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Making Shalom: an Emergent Curriculum Experience (26 KB) |
| Topic: |
Values |
| Grade: |
Early Childhood |
| Duration: |
Multi-lesson unit |
| Description: |
At the Boulder Jewish Day School, the preschool children have been
learning all year about the value of Shalom, focusing on Shalom Beyn Adam L’Chavero-
Peace between a person and his or her friend. |
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Tasting Tubishvat (24 KB) |
| Topic: |
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| Grade: |
Family Education for Early Childhood/Primary Grades |
| Duration: |
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| Description: |
In this family education program, children and families will learn about the
holiday of TuBishvat, The New Year for Trees by tasting and exploring various fruits that are
significant to the land of Israel. |
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Title:
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Tu B’Shevat: Tree of Life (97 KB) |
| Topic: |
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| Grade: |
Very adaptable to any grade, K-6 |
| Duration: |
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| Description: |
How do the science and spirituality of trees intersect in Judaism? |
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Title:
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Our Sukkaleh (25 KB) |
| Topic: |
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| Grade: |
Early Childhood |
| Duration: |
Single Session Lesson with Multiple Play Opportunities |
| Description: |
Young children learn best when they are able to have real
experiences scaled to their own size! In this lesson, the children will engage in building a child sized Sukkah using a cardboard appliance carton as a frame in addition to branches and other art materials for decoration. |
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Title:
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Our Kosher Restaurant (150
KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Food and Nutrition |
| Grade: |
Second to Fifth Grade |
| Duration: |
Five lessons (45 minutes each) |
| Description: |
Students identify their own taste in food and develop sensitivity and tolerance to the tastes of others. |
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Title:
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Jewish Art & Identity Calendar (171
KB) |
| Topic: |
Explore and Depict Jewish Holidays, Life Events and Parshas. |
| Grade: |
8th grade to 12th grade |
| Duration: |
one class |
| Description: |
Students will create their own 13 month calendar with illustrations and/or thematic depictions of Jewish Holidays and Life Events. |
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Title:
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Identity Sculptures (155
KB) |
| Topic: |
American Judaism |
| Grade: |
6th
- 8th grade |
| Duration: |
multi-lesson |
| Description: |
Students are encouraged to explore and express the multiplicities of their Jewish identities. |
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Title:
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Ages
& Stages (151
KB) |
| Topic: |
Values, Jewish
Living |
| Grade: |
6th
- 8th grade |
| Duration: |
one class |
| Description: |
Groups integrate Pirke
Avot into their values based decision making. |
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Title:
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Creating
A Sense of Shabbat (177
KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living
& Identity, Art |
| Grade: |
kindergarten
- 5th grade |
| Duration: |
multi-lesson |
| Description: |
Students learn the meaning
& relevance of Shabbat & how to participate
in ritual. |
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Title:
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Jewish
Holiday Recipes & Their Stories (315
KB) |
| Topic: |
Holidays,
Jewish Culture |
| Grade: |
1st
- 8th grade |
| Duration: |
twelve sessions |
| Description: |
Gather Jewish holiday
recipes and their stories of where they originated
and compile a class recipe book. |
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Title:
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Jewish
Identity Theatre (337
KB) |
| Topic: |
Values, Jewish
Living |
| Grade: |
6th
- 12th grade |
| Duration: |
multi-session |
| Description: |
Kids express their Jewish
identity through drama. |
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Title:
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Kids
Helping Kids (38
KB) |
| Topic: |
Values/Jewish
Living |
| Grade: |
9th
- 12th grade |
| Duration: |
one lesson |
| Description: |
Meet & learn from
kids living on the street & design tzedakah
projects to lift them up. |
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Title:
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Lord
of the Rings (264
KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living
& Identity |
| Grade: |
6th
- 7th grade |
| Duration: |
1.5 hours |
| Description: |
Take students on a journey
of self reflection of their bar/bat mitzvah
experience. |
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Title:
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Scrupelot
(144 KB) |
| Topic: |
Values, Jewish
Living, Games |
| Grade: |
7th
- Adult |
| Duration: |
one session |
| Description: |
A game of ethics and Jewish
values. |
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Title:
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Teenkun
Olam© submitted
by Bruce Shaffer (95 KB) |
| Topic: |
Values,
Jewish Living & Identity |
| Grade: |
6th
- 12th grade |
| Duration: |
multi-lesson |
| Description: |
Tikun Olam experiences
to strengthen the self esteem & self respect
of teens and to offer the experience of the
joy of participation in the mitzvah. |
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Title:
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Lila
Tov Sh'ma (209
KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish
Living, Prayer |
| Grade: |
kindergarten
- 1st grade |
| Duration: |
one class |
| Description: |
Young students create
a ritual for reciting the Shema. |
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Title:
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Uncovering
Your Jewish Roots (167
KB) |
| Topic: |
Jewish Living
& Identity |
| Grade: |
6th
- 8th grade |
| Duration: |
one session |
| Description: |
The goal of this lesson
is to explore the pre-b’nai mitzvah
students’ relationship with G-d and
to heighten this awareness and bond. |
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Title:
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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. |
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Title:
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An Introduction to the Jewish Calendar
(45 KB)
Months of the Jewish Calendar Word Search
(41 KB) |
| Topic: |
The Jewish Calendar |
| Grade: |
2nd Grade |
| Duration: |
1-2 Hours |
| Description: |
This lesson is meant introduce the concepts of the Jewish Calendar to young students.
They need to know very little about the concepts to be able to participate successfully in this lesson. It's both hands on and verbal, so it appeals to different learning styles. |
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Title:
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Shabbat and Havdalah: A Three Part Lesson Plan
(62 KB) |
| Topic: |
Shabbat and Havdalah |
| Grade: |
2nd Grade - 3rd Grade |
| Duration: |
1-2 Hours |
| Description: |
This lesson is meant introduce the concepts of Shabbat and Havdalah to young students. They need to know very little
about the concepts to be able to participate successfully in this lesson. It's both hands on and verbal, so it appeals to different learning
styles. |
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Title:
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An Introduction to the Usage of a Mezuzah
(49 KB) |
| Topic: |
Usage of a Mezuzah |
| Grade: |
2nd Grade |
| Duration: |
1-2 Hours |
| Description: |
This lesson is meant introduce the concepts of the usage of a Mezuzah to young students. They need to know very
little about the concepts to be able to participate successfully in this lesson. It's both hands on and verbal, so it appeals to
different learning styles. |
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Title:
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Using Drama In The Classroom
(114 KB) |
| Topic: |
Using Drama In The Classroom |
| Grade: |
Elementary (Ages 6 - 10) |
| Duration: |
1-2 Hours |
| Description: |
Students participate in short written dialogues that can be presented with little or no rehearsal. These dialogues
are designed to help young students become aware of the lessons the people in the Bible needed to learn. The drama can then be applied to
lessons that need to be faced today. These dramatic dialogues have been used with multi-aged classrooms. The questions at the end of each
drama provide participation for a variety of maturity levels. |
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