Prepare young students to read the book, Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane with this interactive lesson. Explore the Kindertransport and the consequences leading to family separations, and how this connects to your students’ own lives.
Discover how values like community, resilience, and a better future have guided Jewish American contributions to American culture, innovation, and progress.
Explore 125 years of Jewish migration with this interactive map and student activity investigating how antisemitism has affected Jewish communities around the world.
Journey through a century of shifting borders and political change in the Eastern Mediterranean using a collection of classroom-ready downloadable maps.
Explore the tension between free speech and hate speech by debating and analyzing the landmark Supreme Court case, National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie. Students will learn to articulate their own perspectives and communicate effectively about dissent, free speech, and hate speech.
Learn about Maurice Sendak, a Jewish illustrator and children’s book author, whose famous books represent Jewish values of valuing immgrants, promoting belonging and celebrating outsiders.
Dive into this thoughtful children’s book about the Jewish high holidays; students are encouraged to reflect on the year that has passed, including happy times and occasional regrets as well as new friends made and new skills gained.
Learn about Michael Twitty, an American-Jewish food historian whose writings and teachings celebrate communities who have endured oppression and moved from their homelands. Twitty's writings elevate African American, Jewish, queer, and other groups whose tastes, textures, spices, and aromas have shaped America’s collective palate.