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This hardcover teacher resource explores the intriguing parallels between the Jewish holidays and the educator's year, helping educators understand how the school year can be framed and shaped by the Jewish holidays. Each chapter Fall Holidays, Hanukkah, Tu B'Shevat, Purim, Passover, Shavuot, and Shabbat draw on the holidays' core ideas and symbols to help define, structure, and deepen the classroom experience. For example, the chapter on Sukkot-a time when we traditionally welcome guests-discusses ways to make the classroom, like the sukkah, an inviting, sheltering place rich in symbols. Attractive bulletin boards and a stimulating environment can help students feel pride in their classroom and excite them about the possibilities of new learning.

Ideal for both seasoned and novice teachers as a back-to-school welcome gift, for Hanukkah, or as a thank you at the end of the school year. Perfect for teachers to read on their own or discuss in faculty development sessions.

CONTENTS: 
The Fall Holidays: Looking Back, Setting Goals, and Moving Ahead
Hanukkah: Building Jewish Identity
Tu B'Shevat: Planting, Nurturing, Blossoming
Purim: Teaching as Celebration
Passover: Four Lessons from a Classic Textbook
Shavuot: Celebrating a Life of Mitzvot
Shabbat: The Jewish Educator's Summer

SPECIAL FEATURES: 
Each chapter concludes with descriptions of other books, websites, and resources for further teaching ideas and information.
An appendix offers discussion questions and activities corresponding to each chapter, for schools to use in faculty development sessions.

Teach Them Diligently will help your teachers see the new school year as an opportunity for learning, joy, and spiritual growth.

Publication Data:
Author(s): Bonnie Klomp Stevens
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
Pages: 146
Language: en
Category: Religion and Spirituality
Genre: Education, Teaching, Methods & Strategies, Essays, Religion, Holidays, Jewish, Judaism, Rituals & Practice, Social Science, Jewish Studies
ISBN: 0874411459
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