Curated OER
Exploring Our Connections To Jewish Life
Students participate in a lesson about the Jewish culture and explores the connections of family or congregational education. They self-reflect about the times when they feel connected to the religion of Judaism. Students also create art...
Curated OER
Traditions and Transformations
Students examine how traditions change over time. In this lesson on Jewish culture, students interview persons of the Jewish faith, write poems, and create murals that exemplify Jewish culture.
Curated OER
Discovering What Makes Up Culture
Third graders examine images of other cultures and express what they see that identifies those cultures. They discuss the components of the Jewish culture before listening to Miriam Nerlove Albert's, Shabbat. They write questions about...
Curated OER
Jewish Culture
High schoolers explore the Jewish culture by listening to a guest speaker who discuss holidays, religion, and key events. They recognize and write various vocabulary words to describe one Jewish Holiday in their journals.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Keeping the Faith: Judaica From the Aron Museum
The Aron Museum is a museum of Jewish ceremonial objects. The collection is on display here along with descriptions of Jewish holidays and traditions and how the objects are used.
Judaism 101
Judaism 101: Pesach: Passover
Wonderful information about the meaning of Passover, how Jews prepare for the holiday, and the order and contents of the seder.
Other
Jewish learning.com: Knish Dough and Filling
This resource provides a recipe for Knish Dough and Filling. Also provides links and resources for more information on the Jewish culture.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Jews and Sport Before the Holocaust: A Visual Retrospective
This exhibition tells the stories of Jewish athletes and the sports they took part in all over Europe prior to the Holocaust, of which many did not survive.
Smart History
Smarthistory: The Golden Haggadah
Features a description of the Haggadah which is used to tell the story of Passover around the Seder table each year, in particular, the Golden Haggadah, which is one of the most lavishly decorated medieval Haggadot. With links to...
Other
Odyssey: Teacher Zone: Middle East: Israel/palestinian Territories Stay
This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on the nature of conflict. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion, holidays and culture of this region....
Other
Odyssey: Middle East Stage: Israel and Palestinian Territories
Take a step into the world of Israel and Palestine with this team of Teacher Trekkers. You will look at life in the Middle East, celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas in the Holy Land and learn about their culture and religion.
Other
Simms Taback: Interview With the 2000 Caldecott Winner
Contains interview of Taback after he won the Caldecott Medal for "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat".
Other
Utrecht Univ.: Fa Qs Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism
A Usenet collection of questions and answers related to Jewish culture, religious practices and beliefs, and family life. For example, it explores the meaning of kosher and explains how Jews around the world keep kosher.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Online: Number the Stars
This detailed unit includes author biography, ideas for introducing the novel, related reading suggestions, reproducibles and more. Acrobat Reader required to read the study guide.
Other
Project Genesis: Passover (Pesach)
Provides numerous links to information about Pesach. Links focus on explaining the contents of the Haggadah and Pesach seder.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Lois Lowry
Explore the world of the author Lois Lowry when you visit this informative site. Web English Teacher provides links for lesson plans and activities involving this author's work.
Jewish Federations of North America
Jewish Federations of North America: About Bar/bat Mitzvah
Learn comprehensive details about the history and religious significance behind the Jewish ceremony known as the 'bar/bat mitzvah.' This ceremony marks a Jewish child's coming of age or maturity.
Other
Shoah Memorial: Sarah's Attic
Examine the history of the Shoah indirectly through the stories told by five little children, in Sarah's attic. Designed specifically for young learners, this interactive site also explores Yiddish culture, Judaism, and Jewish life.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The First American Bat Mitzvah
Enlightening story of the first Bat Mitzvah to take place in America in 1922.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Passover
This web page offers a very nice outline and explanation of the Passover Seder with the use of a popular Jewish poem.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Passover
This Jewish Virtual Library web page offers a very nice outline and explanation of the Passover Seder.
Other
Jewish Women's Archive: Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia
An online encyclopedia that attempts to share information about Jewish women and their accomplishments and contributions from biblical times to modern times.
Other
Jews in America: Portal to Jewish American History
Complete with music from Aaron Copland, the Center for Jewish History provides an interactive website that traces the history of Jews in the United States from 1654 until today. Authors provide a searchable gallery of photographs,...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Merchant of Venice in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for The Merchant of Venice - from early modern ideas about trade and usury, Venice and Jewish culture to 20th-century productions by both Nazis and Yiddish companies...