Promises

The broad theme of these lessons is human connection, and a more specific theme is promises: how people keep promises, or don’t, and what happens in either situation. Students are asked to look at:

·       individual promises they make and want to keep for themselves

·       the commitment we make to keeping the traditions of our communiites;

·       the promises made in international treaties and what happens when those treaties are broken. 

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Return to Rivne: Stations Lesson

Using Return to Rivne as the centerpiece, this lesson uses stations for students to explore the geography, pre-war life, Roma people, the family that hid Shelly and Raya, the toys Shelly and Raya made, statistics, and Holocaust terms for students to explore the context of this story. Google Earth and Google Voyager are used to virtually visit Rivne.

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Hannah - Challenging and debunking antisemitic myths

With antisemitism becoming more prevalent across Europe, the HANNAH project focuses on education about Jewish history, remembering the Holocaust and fighting against antisemitism in Germany, Greece, Serbia, and Poland, through capacity-building trainings, awareness raising activities and policymaking recommendations.
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What We Live is History

“What We Live is History,” can be used in social studies, history, English, and other classes. This lesson challenges students to consider that their lives now will one day be considered history, and using Centropa’s film Return to Rivne they explore the differences between primary and secondary sources. The final product asks students to document for history their experiences living in the pandemic of the last year. This lesson can be used either in remote or in-person teaching. We hope you can adapt it to your own classes!
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The Jewish Life in Poland in the 20th Century

English Project

Submitted by Eden Degerzi and Yuval Ravid-Tal (11th Grade)

English Teacher and Project Designer: Sylvia Asher

Ironi "Tet" High- School, Tel-Aviv

The  Jewish Life in  Poland in  the  20TH Century as Presented in  Centropa’s Film about HAYA LEA-DETINKO and Amos Oz’s Book A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS

This project is based on a Centropa film about the life of Haya –Lea Detinko (http://www.centropa.org/centropa-cinema) and

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Jewish Life in Germany: the Erna Goldmann Story

Jewish life was part of Germany and German culture in the 19th and beginning 20th century, but disappeared with the Nazi-Regime in 1933. Using the Erna Goldmann film, From Frankfurt to Tel Aviv, this lesson teaches students about the history of Jews in Germany, Jewish religious life, Zionism, and antisemitism with the goal of conveying the idea that students learn that Jewish life should be a part of Germany. In addition, this lesson explores the concept of "home" and "homeland."
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