Shine A Light Lessons for Congregational and Informal Settings - 6-8 Grade
Imagine your participants joyfully dancing to pop music to celebrate their newfound joy at understanding how bending light is similar to sharing light - making it shift and spread. This lesson uses two science experiment options for bending light as the foundation for then exploring Hillel and Shammai's debate over increasing light on the Chanukiah or decreasing it. Participants also will discuss how bending light can break a pattern - such as the pattern of antisemitism in our midst.
- Antisemitism
- Bullying
- Character Strengths
- Civic Education
- After School and Beyond
- Congregational Learning
- Family Engagement
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Educator Resources for the Shine a Light on Antisemitism Campaign.
One of the successes of J-Life is that it continues to build community among parents. Most of the learners who started in kindergarten have stayed to continue going on to the upper grades. Parents express that they have a lot of fun participating in J-Life and that they enjoy coming to these experiences.
Mayim, our initial example of "Additional" Models, could be placed in a Multi-aged, Project-Based Learning, or Experiential Learning bucket. Mayim is a K-5 learning community in which depth of relationships and depth of learning are intentionally fostered and visible everywhere.