Language Spotlight: Ladino (Beyond the Family Tree Lesson 5)

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Curriculum
Lesson

Theme/Topic/Big Ideas:

  • Diverse places Jews have lived
  • Languages Jews have spoken
  • How Jewish languages are similar to and distinct from their base
    languages
     

Summary: This lesson uses video and written examples to take a closer
look at Ladino.
 

Essential Question(s)

  • How did Jewish migrations impact languages?
  • To what extent did Jewish communities integrate culturally into the host
    cultures of the countries to which they moved?
     

Objective:
In this lesson, students will:

  • Learn some of the history of Ladino
  • Recognize words from Spanish, Hebrew, and other languages in Ladino
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Topic
  • Arts and Culture
  • Belonging
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
  • History
  • Jewish Peoplehood
  • People
  • Pluralism
Grades
  • 3 - 5
  • 6 - 7
  • 8 - 12
Setting
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Teen Engagement

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