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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Law and Life in Two Ancient Societies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in groups and compare/contrast Mesopotamian Law to Hebrew Law. They chart their findings on a chart to show a natural progression to answering questions about values in these two societies.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Western Civilizations, Chapter 2: Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Ancient Hebrew history comes to life through this online western civilizations tool, which follows history in detail from ancient origins to modern-day. Chapter two covers ancient eastern cultures, including beginnings of Hebrew...
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Activity
CMS Education

My Pen Pal

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Written in two different languages, this resource offers pupils the opportunity to practice both their English and their Hebrew skills. Young writers respond to a couple of questions to get their ideas flowing. They then compose a letter...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Body Parts in Hebrew

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners, after practicing with an extensive vocabulary list of body parts in Hebrew, identify those parts on a poster of a human figure. They practice writing and saying their vocabulary words daily during class instruction.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Judaism-Passover: The Hebrew Language

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Hebrew number worksheet, students practice writing the Hebrew numbers 1 through 10 after they read a 2 paragraph description of the ancient language.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Family - Mish-pa-cha

For Teachers K - 4th
Students review and practice Hebrew vocabulary for family members, listen to and sing the "Mishpacha Song" as a class, create vocabulary flash cards for each family member, and introduce family members in Hebrew while incorporating...
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Interactive
Other

Elodil

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is all presented in French, but may be accessible to non-French speakers because of the simple graphics and ease of navigation. Learn how to say hello in 16 languages and see where people speak that language on a world map....
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Website
Other

Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Network

For Students 3rd - 8th
An important resource that provides access to Jewish prayers, stories and rituals Akhlah is specifically designed for the youngest child while maintaining accuracy about the subject matter.
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Website
Other

Yourpage.org

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
"Yourpage.org is a Jewish educational website created to bring fun to Jewish learning." Includes stories, games, and activities suitable for elementary and middle school children. Also provides a guide for teachers and a section for...
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Handout
Other

Biography: Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896 1981)

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on the Hebrew writer Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896-1981) and a collection of his famous works.
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Website
Other

The Jewish Agency for Israel: Agnon, Shmuel Yosef

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography about Shmuel Agnon (1888-1970), the first Hebrew writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: In Flight Hebrew Learn Before You Land [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
These lessons could help you with the translation of many essential words, phrases and expressions in the Hebrew language.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dead Sea Scrolls

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed information and an image of the collection of Hebrew works, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Website
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Moroccan Synagogues: A Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice survey of the many Jewish synagogues found in Morocco. Many of them were built during the Jewish Diaspora.
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Website
Other

Akhlah: Learn the Aleph Bet: The Hebrew Alphabet

For Students 9th - 10th
Have fun learning the letters of the Hebrew alphabet from Akhlah. You can color the letters, practice them with flash cards or hear them spoken out loud.
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Website
Other

The Julian of Norwich Website/life and Works of Julian

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief biography of Julian of Norwich, which is then followed by almost 70 links to sources about her life and works. Click on "Showing of Love" in the third line for both text and analysis. An amazing number of resources.
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Handout
Other

Akhlah.com: Question Words in Hebrew

For Students 3rd - 5th
Where? What? Who? When? Why? How? Use this site to learn how to say and write these words in Hebrew.
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Handout
Other

International Tongue Twisters Alpha dictionary.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Tongue twisters for everyone! You'll find twisters and tricky phrases in English and more than 40 other languages, from Albanian to Xhosa. English translations are provided for twisters in other languages.
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Website
Other

The Jewish Atlanta Times

For Students 9th - 10th
The Atlanta Jewish Times provides news and information about Jewish affairs with emphasis on the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Jewish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Jewish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Phonecian Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Phoeniciana: The Phoenician Alphabet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Both fun and informative, this rich site from the Encyclopedia Phoeniciana explains the importance of the Phoenician alphabet for the development of world languages. Download a Phoenician font for yourself!
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Activity
Other

Jewish Agency for Israel: Passing Phrase (Learn Hebrew)

For Students 9th - 10th
For those who want to pass and learn Hebrew, this site features the current lesson on a Hebrew phrase. The phrase, "Dimayon Ashir," means a rich or wild imagination. The phrase is broken down and explained grammatically in the...
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Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Lea Goldberg (1911 1970)

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief biography of Lea Goldberg (1911-1970) who wrote poems for children, a novel, a play and was responsible for translating other works into Hebrew.
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Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Aharon Appelfeld

For Students 9th - 10th
Applefeld's novels, short stories, and essays are recognized worldwide as among the most "Profound literary explorations of the Holocaust". See a brief biography of his life here, and a list of his works.