Below you will find Rhonda Leibowitz's detailed curriculum for her 9th grade integrated World and Jewish History Course, as presented at the YUShare conference. We hope you find it helpful. An Integrated Approach to Teaching Jewish and World History (June 2018)
Most magnanimous gesture or the biggest error of judgment? This lesson celebrates 100 years of the Balfour Declaration, explaining what it is and why it is so important. Most appropriate for grades 7-9, but can certainly be adapted for other levels. (For more on...
Students learn about the importance of rain for The Land of Israel and examine the reasons for saying mashiv haruach umorid hageshem beginning on Sukkot.
Students participate in an imaginary Zionist conference which 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 held in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania...
Students examine Biblical and Talmudical texts that imply that the modern settlement of the Land of Israel and the establishment of the State of Israel were part of a divinely ordained plan to begin the redemption of the Jewish people.
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)...