The Seder Plate

By the end of this Unit Students will be able to Understand:

1. The role of the items and rituals performed with the Seder Plate.
2. What are some of the important event and ideas to remember about the Pesach experience.
3. How do rituals get their meaning?
4. Can a ritual have more than one meaning?

Assignment instructions: 

1. Pick A Study Partner
2. Download or fill out the Seder Plate handout under the Slideshow
3. Complete the Do Now on Slide One.
4. Download or fill out a copy of  the Seder Plate Rituals from below the Slide show
5. Follow the instructions on the Handout.
6. http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm 

1. Link to the Baseball Plate
2. Link to the Seder Plate Handout

A Sample of what the finished art piece can look like.

Purim Timeline Project

By the end of this Unit Students will be able to Understand:

• The historical placement of Purim.
• That a majority of the Purim story happens on Pesach.

Essential Question: How does knowing the date of an Historical event shape our understanding of the event ?

Assignment instructions: 

1. Pick a Partner
2. Go to this link below, and scroll down to the list of Purim events and their dates.
3. Using one of the timeline websites below, enter the events and dates in the order of the Jewish months listed below.
4. You may use a Document or excel spreadsheet.
5. Save your work and submit it to drop-box on community log in.
6. Make sure you pay close attention to the years, and that BCE dates work backwards.

Timeline Websites:

1. List of timeline websites.
2. List of timeline websites.

Months of the year:

1. Nissan             6. Elul
2. Iyar                 7. Tishrie
3. Sivan              8. Cheshvan
4. Tammuz         9. Kislev
5. Av                 10. Tevet