Purim Lesson Plans

A Global Purim - fun Purim worksheet combining geography and the Purim story for middle and high school

A Purim Feast for the Mind - Purim webquest for middle and high school - students make a dinner party for guests from the Purim story

Hammer in the Holidays - Jewish Holidays (including Purim) lesson plan and game for elementary school

Interviews with Characters from the Purim Story - students research characters from Megillat Esther in this lesson plan for middle school

Megillat Esther: Repairing Sha'ul's Mistake - high school Purim lesson plan

Using Multiple Intelligences to Teach Megillat Esther - students put on Purim skits and pantomimes in this middle school lesson

Megillat Esther Worksheet - students learn about Megillat Esther by answering "who said to who" and "who are we" questions in this Purim worksheet for middle and high school

Purim Articles

A Time for Spiritual Sobriety: The Rav on Purim by Moshe Sokolow

Did Vashti Have a Tail? Reflections on Teaching Midrash Aggadah in Elementary Day Schools by Penina Besdin Kraut

Information sheet on Purim (in Hebrew) by the Lookstein Center

"Many Thoughts in the Heart of Man...": Irony and Theology in the Book of Esther by Moshe David Simon

Women's Megilla Reading by Aryeh Frimmer

Purim Plays, Skits and Shpiels

Purim Play for Young Children by Akhlah (5 speaking roles)

Purim Play by Amos, Peter and Beni Wilson

Purim Play by George Konnoff and the congregation of The Temple Beth Israel (with instructions for costumes/puppets)

A Dr Seuss Purim Shpiel by Dana Baruch and Robbi Sherwin

Related Materials

Themes in Bereshit 9 and Chazal's View on Drinking - worksheet and assignment for high school

Wine Usage in Judaism (Chapter One, Alcohol and Drugs in Judaism) - textual unit for high school

Biblical and Rabbinical Positions on the Use and Abuse of Wine (Chapter Two, Alchohol and Drugs in Judaism) - article