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2nd Year B’nei Mitzvah: Beginning Our PIP Speeches
To learn about public speaking & our PIP speeches, we are…
Identifying the body language and speech patterns that great speakers use to connect with their audience.
Learning to give constructive feedback using the What Went Well / Even Better If format.
Writing the first draft of the PIP speech for the B’nei Mitzvah Ceremony.
Using constructive feedback from peers to improve speeches.
Learning tips for dealing with anxiety about public speaking.
Ask your student...
When you’re giving a speech, what kind of body language can you use to make a connection with the audience?
How did it feel to get constructive feedback from your classmates about your speech?
When you’re giving a speech, what kind of body language can you use to make a connection with the audience?
How did it feel to get constructive feedback from your classmates about your speech?
1st Year B’nei Mitzvah: Jewish Values of Food
To learn about Jewish agricultural laws and the value of sharing food, we are...
Understanding the purpose of agricultural laws in the Torah
Discussing the agricultural laws of pe’ah (not harvesting the corners of the field) and orlah (leaving fruits on a tree for the first 3 years of its fruiting) with a chevruta (study partner)
Re-interpreting text to develop concepts of pe’ah and orlah that are relevant in today’s world
Learning about who is hungry in greater Atlanta
Considering how our lives would be different if we were living in poverty
Engaging in Jewish text study to think about how to make ancient Jewish wisdom about society’s responsibility for people who are poor relevant to their lives today
Ask your student...
What’s a Jewish agricultural law you learned about today?
Since we’re not farmers, how could we put the spirit of these laws into practice today?
How do you think what you learned today will change your attitude and/or actions toward people you see around Atlanta who are asking for food?
Did you agree with the text you studied that said we should literally open our doors to people who are poor? Why or why not?
5th Grade: How many is 6 Million?
To learn about the 6 million Jewish people who perished during the Holocaust, we…
Discussing what Hitler’s “Final Solution” entailed, reviewing what we have learned about the 1930s that led to this terrible time, and watching a video about Anne Frank.
Creating memorial artwork based on poems of children interned at concentration camps.
Exploring the identities of real people who went through the Holocaust and doing a drama activity involving these identities.
Watching the trailer for the Paper Clips documentary, which helps us understand how many 6 million is.
Ask your student...
What was the purpose of the concentration camps?
What was Hitler’s Final Solution?
What is your reaction to learning about this part of Jewish history?
4th Grade: Jewish History
To learn about the pale of settlement, we are...
Listening to a section of The Promised Land, by Mary Antin, and imagined what it would be like to have lived in the Pale of Settlement.
Simulating some of the hardships our Jewish ancestors faced trying to immigrate to America.
Discussing the sorts of emotions and difficulties experienced by people who had to leave their homelands and friends behind in hopes of a better life in America.
Ask your student...
What was it like for Jews living the Pale of Settlement?
What was the journey to America like?
Do you think life was easy once they got to America, or was it hard?
What might have been some things that made life hard in America?
3rd Grade: A Major Jewish Value
To learn about the Jewish value of Halbanat Panim (avoiding humiliating someone), we are...
Talking about the power of our words and how they can both build others up or tear them down.
Becoming warriors against halbanat panim by giving our classmates compliments and building up their confidence instead of breaking them down with negativity and embarrassment.
Learning different methods to help us practice halbanat panim, such as biting our tongues and complimenting instead of criticizing.
Ask your student...
What is halbanat panim and why is it important?
What are ways to handle a situation where you feel embarrassed?
What can we do to control our urges to embarrass others publicly?
2nd Grade: Torah Story of Isaac & Rebecca
To learn about Isaac & Rebecca, we are...
Watching a video that shows the story of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham and Sarah, and his wife Rebecca.
Discussing the good qualities that Rebecca had.
Making a matriarchs and patriarchs family tree to understand the ancestry of the Jewish people.
Ask your student...
Who were Isaac and Rebecca?
What good qualities did Rebecca have?
Kindergarten & 1st Grade: What are the 10 Commandments?
To learn about the 10 commandments we are…
Thinking of our own rules we would have for the world.
Learning about the 10 commandments from the Torah through hand motions.
Reading a story about the 10 commandments.
Ask your student…
What are the 10 commandments?
Why do we have the 10 commandments?
Can you name one of the 10 commandments?
Preschool & Pre-K: Repairing the World
To learn about Tikkun Olam, we are...
Reading the book Tikkun Olam Ted and discussing what Tikkun Olam means.
Talking about how to take care of the environment and watching a video to give us ideas about how to help.
Creating abstract 3D dioramas of the earth.
Ask your student…
What is one thing we can do to help the earth (Tikkun Olam)?
Why is it important to recycle?