Introduce young students to the realities of natural disasters, terrorism, and other forms of tragedy using age-appropriate language and sample questions that arise when children are exposed to the news.
Help students understand the Holocaust as a pivotal historical event using nine-principles emphasizing context, critical thinking, and the human story.
Explore the history of the large group of Iranian Jews who left Iran to settle in Los Angeles while examining the concepts of cultural hybridity, cultural "in-between-ness," and intra-Jewish diversity.
Study the migration of Iranian Jews to Los Angeles and explore how they rebuilt and established themselves in a state of diaspora. Students will understand how how this immigrant community navigated dilemmas and opportunities of life in the United States, focusing on the ways people adapt, preserve, and hybridize culture and identity across the generations.
Inspired by a true story, this is a tale of a community that banded together to spread light when the window of a Jewish home is smashed in the middle of the night.