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Shavuot Resource Collection
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The Jewish Education Project curated a diverse blend of resources for teaching the holiday of Shavuot. We've included lessons, games, discussion guides and more to engage your learners with the themes of the holiday.

Type
  • Lesson
  • Guide
  • Website
Topic
  • Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
  • TaNaKh
  • Jewish Text and Thought
Setting
  • After School and Beyond
  • Early Childhood
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Family Engagement
Game · Online Activity

Explore how the Torah teaches us to be good people every day in this Shavuot game!

Grades:

3–7
Guide · Lesson · Online Activity

A lesson for 4th-6th graders explores a nuanced understanding of the “golden rule,” V’ahavta L’reacha Kamocha.

Grades:

3–7
Guide · Text Study

Historical context, theological insights, and interactive activities to facilitate meaningful discussions and experiences.

Grades:

8–12
Lesson · Text Study

This resource presents a series of thought-provoking questions, each with insights from Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

Grades:

8–12
Video

Educational videos to engage students with Shavuot.

Grades:

K–7
Lesson · Text Study

Learn about the origins of the Tikkun Leil Shavuot and the pleasures of learning Torah.

Grades:

3–12
Lesson · Guide · Text Study

In this Shavuot project, each of the 10 fingers becomes a place holder for one of the 10 Commandments.

Grades:

3–12
Lesson · Online Activity · Game

Activities for Shavuot. The activities include: videos, digital activities, games and more.

Grades:

3–7
Lesson · Text Study

A lesson using the story of Ruth and the middah of sharing the burden with one's friend.

Grades:

6–12
Lesson

Shavuot marks the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, and its tradition to eat dairy. But why?

Grades:

6–12
Lesson · Guide · Curriculum

Judaism has a lot to say about learning. This Shavuot, stay up late and enjoy learning about...learning!

Grades:

3–7
Video · Website · Podcast · Text Study

Conversations with novelists, journalists, and judges sharing their reflections on Jewish texts.

Grades:

8–12
Lesson

Introduce students to this joyful holiday through two resources, complete with activities and guidance for active, creative learning.

Grades:

K–5
Game · Online Activity

Explore how the Torah teaches us to be good people every day in this Shavuot game!

Grades:

3–7
Lesson · Guide · Website · Game

A comprehensive list of Shavuot activities sorted into different learning methods and perspectives.

Grades:

3–12
Lesson

Students consider their relationship to the giving of the Torah by studying texts and photography.

Grades:

3–12
Research

Engage with Jewish texts and NLI primary sources to explore what Hevruta learning is and how it is different.

Grades:

6–12