Developed specifically for educators in Jewish settings, these lessons lead middle and high school students through an examination of the Holocaust from a historical perspective and consider what this particular history has to do with what it means to be Jewish.
Facing History's Jewish Education Program presents the Project Focused Learning Initiative (PFLI)
Students in Rhiannon Van Bindsbergen's art class at Solomon Schechter Jewish Day School in West Hartford, CT, build a Holocaust memorial for their PFLI (Project Focused Learning Initiative) project.
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Facing History's Jewish Education Program worked with teachers and 8th grade students at JCDS, Boston's Jewish Community Day School on their Project Focused Learning Initiative (PFLI) project.
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Jewish History and Memory: Why Study the Past?
Students prepare for their study of the Holocaust by reflecting on the ways in which memory is an integral part of Jewish identity.
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