Ideal for Days of Remembrance / 70th Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Revolt
April 19, 2013 marks the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, where the vastly outnumbered Jewish underground managed to force the German army outside of the walls of the ghetto, holding them off for over three weeks (two weeks longer than the German invasion of France).
Most students don't realize that the astonishing story of the Warsaw revolt was more than just an isolated incident and represents only a few of the millions of acts of Jewish resistance that occurred each day of the Holocaust, forming a vast pattern of Jewish defiance in the face of genocide.
JPEF recently released two new lessons to help you dramatically teach your students about the broad spectrum of Jewish armed and unarmed resistance. We also have four new e-learning courses and other resources that you can use during Yom HaShoah v’HaGevurah (April 7, 2013) and the National Days of Remembrance (April 7-14).
Two New Lessons
(available at www.jewishpartisans.org/elearning and www.jewishpartisans.org/resist)
Tactics of Resistance: Give your students tools to analyze conflict and make better choices in how they respond to aggression in their own lives. Includes:
- The ‘Resistance Matrix’, a framework for analyzing historical and current events throughout the rest of the school year
- Jewish Resistance Slideshow of archival images (accessible via e-learning - can be used with or without the lesson)
Strengthening Jewish Pride: Transform student perceptions and foster a more positive sense of Jewish identity
Can be used in as little as 30 minutes- Includes resources for integrating this transformative lesson into nearly any Jewish context (History, Holidays, B’nai Mitzvah/Youth Groups, etc.)
Free Online Professional Development
Four New Teacher Trainings to help you use these and other lessons:
- Finding Leadership (taking initiative to make a positive difference)
Ethics of War (includes a short play to read in-class)- Tactics of Resistance
- Strengthening Jewish Pride
Improved Interface - faster, easier to use
Free CE Units for New Jersey educators; more locations coming soon
Now accessible via iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices
Additional Recommended Resources:
Putting the Gevurah Back into Yom HaShoah — The full name of this Remembrance Day, and the way it is marked in Israel, is Yom HaShoah v'HaGevurah - Holocaust and Heroism Day. The two are mentioned as one. Click the link to learn more.
New partisan profiles:
USHMM Days of Remembrance — Information for teachers and events, including DVD of remembrance planning resources.
We Fought Back — New young adult nonfiction reader from Scholastic books; features several partisans from the JPEF website.
Beyond Courage — A well-researched and visually rich new text on resistance during the holocaust for young adult researchers.
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