Living Jewish Values Lesson Plan Manual

36 ready-to-use lesson plans.

The matching Lesson Plan Manuals for Volumes 1 and 2 of the Living Jewish Values series provides 36 ready-to-use lessons. Every individual lesson plan offers essential questions, learning goals, and step-by-step guidelines for each class meeting, plus experiential and project learning ideas, supplemental texts and discussion questions.

BONUS: Two values-oriented family education programs, and guidelines for a values approach to teaching Jewish holidays.

About the Living Jewish Values series:

Explore core Jewish values through stories, personality quizzes, and music videos.
The Living Jewish Values series introduces students to sixteen of the most important—and sustaining—values of our tradition using a workbook/journal format that invites student reflection. The series is designed to be used in four units over two years. Appropriate for grades 4, 5, or 6, each four-value unit is available separately to allow flexibility to fit into your program.

By the end of this systematic, comprehensive program, students will:

Read and pronounce the Hebrew value terms for sixteen Jewish valuesUnderstand the value conceptsIdentify core sacred texts associated with each valueRecognize the relevance of these values to societyDevelop a plan to adopt each value in their personal lives

Enduring Understanding
The values of our people resonate through our history, in the stories we tell, and in the lives of many Jews. They inspire us to ethical behavior and enrich our personal lives, our families, our friendships, and our communities. They also help us find answers to problems large and small that we face each and every day.