Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Pesach Unit 1: From Slavery to Slavery?

Unit Objective:
  • Students will understand and recognize that the path to personal freedom starts with identifying the things that hold us back.
  • Students will understand that slavery extends beyond backbreaking labor, and that liberty means more than freedom from unpaid work.
Work Instructions:
  • You MAY work with a partner on this part of the unit.
  • Please copy the PPP into your own Google Drive.
  • Watch the PowerPoint below and then answer the questions provided.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Pesach Unit 1: From Slavery to Freedom

Unit Objective:

  • Students will be able understand and recognize that retelling our history helps us to remember it 
  • Students will recognize that retelling the story of our Exodus from Egypt in ways that are personally meaningful.

Work Instructions:
  1. Watch the PowerPoint below and then answer the questions provided.
  2. You MAY work with a partner on this part of the unit.
  3. You may create a Google Doc using the following link, please copy the PPP into your own Google Drive. Here is a link to the Power Point in Google Docs.

Pesach Freedom Clip

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Laws and Pesach Customs

Click on the image below to print out or open the Handout.


Short Version: CLICK HERE
Long Version: CLICK HERE

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Monday, March 17, 2014

Code.org Video Tutorials

  1. Code.org has 20 levels, each of the even numbered levels has a video tutorial. 
  2. Click below to find the video for your level.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Purim Unit

Unit Goals and Objectives: At the end of this unit, students will be able to:

    Identify at least one miracle that Hashem performed that day.
    Describe the act which fulfills the mitzvah, and to whom, when and where the mitzvah applies.
    Prove that the entire story of Purim was orchestrated by Hashem.
    Detail the four special mitzvos of Purim and how they are performed.
    Name the additional Tefillos that are recited on Purim.
    Examine whether reading the Megillah takes precedence over a mitzvah from the Torah.
    List some of the Minhagim of Purim including their reason.
    Relate the circumstances in which Purim Katan is celebrated and describe how it is celebrated.
    Explain the significance of fasting on Ta׳anis Esther.

Class Activities:

   Click on the PowerPoint below to access the Workbook.
   Formative Assessment: Click on the link to access the worksheet
   Answers can be found in the PowerPoint below.


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Code.org

Please visit code.org/join and enter their section-code: 

For Design & Technology Period B T-F enter: JWCYRK 
For Design & Technology Period B M-W enter: FXKDYC 
For Design & Technology Period G M-W enter: CJCGCK 
For Design & Technology Period G T-TH enter: HUDETC

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Learn to talk JavaScript

Unit Goals: 
  • Learn the basics of the JavaScript programming language. 
  • Create an interactive animation of your own name.
Click on the Image above to access the Code Academy Web Site.