These are the 9th grade lesson plans.

Beth El – Unit 1 - Introduction

9/18 – First night of classes – Combined class w/ parents – Formal introduction to mifgash

9/25 – Introduction to 9th grade curriculum

Mifgash Period #1 – Getting to Know One Another

10/16 – Who am I? Some sort of identity activity. (We can create a log-in for the website that forces kids to answer certain questions that were addressed in this first lesson. Maybe they will have a worksheet that they take home and then enter their answers on the website?)

10/23 – Who are my leaders & role models?

Goals:

• Have students get to know one another.
• Have students explore Jewish Identity through the lens of Jewish leaders.
• Have students explore their own role as Jewish leaders.

Content:

• Introduction to students & their families
• Visionary Leaders: Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zionist thinkers (especially Ahad Ha-Am)
• Builders: Joshua, Devorah, Ben Gurion, Szold, Wise & Other Builders of Reform Judaism

As Beth El and Huggim deepen their connection, we need to develop a multi-year curriculum that will provide a framework for discussions and enable meaningful connection between the American and Israeli teens. The curriculum also needs to help prepare students for their face-to-face mifgashim (encounters). OREN is prepared to help write a curriculum that will center around 4 peulot a year in which students in Sudbury and Haifa will jointly address an issue, text, or question and use their study as a basis for engaging in conversations and building a relationship with one another. We hope that the relationships that develop will lead to students communicating with one another outside the curricular framework.