OpenBook: Discovering American Jewish History Through Objects
The OpenBook curriculum teaches American Jewish History through objects and hevruta style learning.
About
The National Museum of American Jewish History's OpenBook curriculum incorporates objects from the museum's collection chronicling the American Jewish experience. Students will strengthen their Jewish identities through critical thinking exercises and discussions with classmates. Inspired by the Talmud, each lesson page of the OpenBook curriculum is designed like a Talmud page.
Each lesson comes with the accompanying Talmud page, Student Guide, and Teacher Guide.
Discover more
Take a step behind the curtain and enter the world of the Yiddish theater, with lecture and discussion videos from leading scholars.
Take a virtual tour of the exhibit "Leonard Bernstein: The Power of Music," displayed at the National Museum of American Jewish History in 2018.
Delve into the history of Jewish comedy and its explosive development in the United States.
Experience JDC’s global humanitarian aid activities intertwined with the story of the Jewish people.
A virtual tour of the Museum of American Jewish History's exhibition highlighting Jews in baseball.
Curriculum for exploring the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the resulting refugee crisis.