This Chanukah/Hanukkah lesson describes how Israeli solar technologies help African communities. Can be adapted for various age groups. Click here.
Light Up Africa Lesson Plan
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A Curriculum in Tefilla for Yeshiva Day Schools
This curriculum outline for Orthodox day schools will be helpful to teachers teaching tefilla for the first time. Includes emotional, cognitive and skill goals, models for instruction, a discussion on kavanah, and more. Click here
Blue Monday and Friends: Traditional Jewish Holidays Come Alive through the Art of Story-Telling
In this curricular unit, Geraldine Martin uses puppetry and children's literature to help young children learn about the Jewish holidays and appreciate and approach literature in a more critical manner. Includes lessons on Sukkot, Chanukah, Purim and Pesach. Completed...
Lihitraot Lot! Avraham and Lot Separate, Part 2
Students act out the events of the text and learn about compromise.
Lihitraot Lot! Avraham and Lot Separate, Part 1
Lesson plan on Bereshit 13:5-11. After studying the text, students act out the separation of Avram and Lot as described in the text. Students also learn roots of common Biblical words.
4MAT Lesson Plan on Vayeshev
In this 4MAT lesson plan, students learn the story of Vayeshev 37: 5-7 and analyze it’s meaning.
Creation and Shabbat, Part 1
Students learn about the importance of Shabbat in Judaism by analyzing the literary structure of Bereshit 1-2:3. Even though the creation narrative is split into two chapters, it is still one literary unit. The seventh day – a day of rest - is the pinnacle of the six...
Practical classroom activities and programs re the situation in Israel
Below are practical suggestions for activities and programs that schools implemented around the year 2001 in reaction to the situation in Israel. Please note that links have been removed since unfortunately most are no longer relevant. I. Online Resources a)...