What’s the true story of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the Middle East? One of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s biggest hot potatoes is the idea that ethnic cleansing transpired against Palestinian Arabs in 1948.
In collaboration with RootOne, Makom has created a series of six conversation guides for teens on current events in Israel, including cultural trends, religious issues, politics, and more.
The guides help teens develop important skills such as critical thinking, information literacy, and discussion while creating more space for complex conversations. They’re fun, educational, and engaging as well as being deeply relevant for our times:
It may sound bizarre, but a shockingly large number of people believe that Jews cause themselves to be hated.
This article has lots of enticing photos, advice, links to “how-to” videos that will entice gardeners of all abilities to connect to Israel through growing herbs. There is even a link to doing art projects using the leaves.
Explanations, books, videos, and activities for younger children.
Video clips as “provocations” is an educational approach that uses short videos to engage young children in discussions and activities that are simply prompted or introduced by the video.
Our kids have questions about Israel. This is a guide for three key conversations to address complex issues together; the separation wall, Israel in the public sphere (i.e. media) and Homeland. Development level is for children as young as 5 years old.
Behrman House has compiled their resources on learning about Israel and Yom HaAtzma'ut, including excerpts from their newest book "Israel ... It's Complicated" with video clips and links.
Includes primary sources, lesson plans, videos, and other resources, commemorating the State of Israel's independence.
The past twenty years have seen an onslaught of exciting, mesmerizing and thrilling productions that offer insights into Israel’s history and culture.