50 minutes Grades:9-12 Lesson Plan This is the third lesson in a four-lesson unit. In this lesson, students look at war and peace from the perspective of Biblical history and Jewish ethics by studying traditional Jewish texts. Students will be challenged to consider...
Grades:9-12 Lesson Plan Introduction This is the first lesson in a four-lesson unit. Students look at war and peace from the perspective of Biblical history and Jewish ethics by studying traditional Jewish texts. In this lesson, students will be challenged to consider...
50 minutes Grades:3-6 Lesson Plan This lesson compares free men to slaves and argues that Bnei Yisrael had to undergo a spiritual transformation before entering the Eretz Yisrael, based on perek gimmel of Sefer Yehoshua. Introduction This lesson deals with the...
2 40 minute sessions Grades:5-8 Lesson Plan In this lesson, students study the story of Shmuel’s first prophecy and then express the storyline in drama/creative writing/art. Introduction This unit on Shmuel Aleph 3:1-0 utilizes the following intelligences:...
50 minutes Grades:5-6 Lesson Plan Students study Sefer Yehoshua 7:10-15 in greater detail. Lesson objectives The student will:1. describe how God responds to Yehoshua (7:10-15).2. relate what God requests of the people (7:13-15).3. describe the sin of the people...
50 minutes Grades:5-6th grade Lesson Plan Independent study. Students study Sefer Yehoshua 7:16-26 and review the entire chapter by writing a play/poem about the life of Achan. Lesson objectives The students will: 1. Relate in detail how Achan is punished (7:22-7:26)....
Flexible Grades:9-12 Lesson Plan Students participate in an imaginary Zionist conference that brings together Zionist and anti-Zionist leaders from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.This unit was written for the Torah High School Network Student Seminar...
Two 40-50 minute classes Grades: 7-8 Lesson Plan Students engage in independent text study to learn about Rosh Hashanah as a day of judgment. PROCEDURE 1. Go through the worksheet with students. Read each source together before reviewing the answers. 2. Answers to...
50 minutes Grades:7 - 12 Lesson Plan Students read and analyze four different interpretations of the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. Introduction The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart troubles many commentators. Some commentators address this theological problem by...
Two 40-50 minute classes Grades: 7-8 Lesson Plan Students engage in independent text study to learn about Rosh Hashanah as a day of judgment. INTRODUCTION The holiday of Rosh Hashanah has several names. In this unit, students investigate the name “Yom Ha-Din”, the Day...
