Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr.
Board of Jewish Education JTeach (Northbrook, IL)
The lesson plan includes the following resources and activities that can be adapted for grade 3 and above:
- Articles and documents
- Venn diagram
- Worksheet with quotes and questions for written answers
- Written assessment and personal reflection opportunity
- Text study with Torah excerpts contextualizing the work of MLK, Heschel, and the Civil Rights Movement
This lesson may be supported with these additional resources:
- Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Prophet's Prophet (My Jewish Learning)
- Entry on Abraham Joshua Heschel in the King Encyclopedia of Stanford University at The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
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Area of Work
- DS&Y - Day Schools and Yeshivas
- CL - Congregational Learning
- T - Teens
Resource Type
- Lesson
Resource Topic
- Civic Education
- Racial Justice
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