Helping Students Understand the Hamas Attack and the War
These resources help guide classroom discussion about the antisemitic attacks on Israel
About this Guide
Helping students to process the intellectual, emotional, and ethical dimensions of these events will help them to recognize their own emotions while making space for others’ feelings, as they grapple with the information they are reading in the news and on social media. Here we offer a range of resources and activities and recommend you use those best suited to your students’ needs.
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This collection contains resources applicable in both Jewish and non-Jewish educational settings.
A toolkit from the San Diego County Office of Education
Rather than talk about how to speak to students about the war, CIE Vice President Tal Grinfas-David shows how to do so in an actual Zoom session with fourth- to seventh-graders.
Congregation Tifereth Israel (CTI), Glen Cove, NY. CTI learners and their families participate in hands-on experiential learning. The curriculum focuses on Jewish values learned through our stories (both modern and ancient).
Revisit Israel's entry for Eurovision 2024 and dive into the controversy that turned "October Rain" into "Hurricane".
Help students process the ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza.