Teachers


Learning for All 2011 
Learning for All, Kindergarten to Grade 12 is a resource guide outlining an integrated process of assessment and instruction for elementary and secondary school educators across Ontario that is designed to help raise the bar and close the gap in achievement for all students. The guide supports the three core priorities for education in Ontario:
* High levels of student achievement
* Reduced gaps in student achievement
* Increased public confidence in publicly funded education

The PJ Library  program supports families in their Jewish journey by sending Jewish-content books and music on a monthly basis to children from age six months to five, six, seven or eight years depending on the community

Getaways organization that has built bridge across denominations to break down barriers that stands between Jewish children with special needs and a Jewish education. Gateways provide onsite support in Jewish day schools, supplementary schools, Jewish programs, etc.

The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education of the School of Education at Bar-Ilan University was established to promote Jewish education in the Diaspora. It focuses on leadership programs, teacher and curriculum development, as well as interactive communication and networking for Jewish educators worldwide.

What Happened to 'Hebrew' in Hebrew School? Article by Diana Yacobi and Lily Yacobi originally appeared in Jewish Educational Leadership. The article is about: Hebrew Reading: The Challenges, Curriculum Development, Structuring the Reading Program and Teaching Expertise.  

Teaching and Learning Hebrew -Steering Or Drifting? Article by Aryeh Wohl (Professor of Literacy Education). Frustrations while working with schools to improve instruction and learning of Hebrew have motivated the author to look carefully at the issues that may be causing the poor success with Hebrew language study. The author has selected eleven areas that affect Hebrew language instruction and offers his analysis of what is wrong.


Administrators & School Leadership

Uses animated videos and plain spoken text to engage Jews in discussions about how to apply Jewish texts to our everyday lives

Article: Making the Connection between Board Leadership and Fundraising


PEJE is dedicated to positively impacting the day school field through initiatives that will help day schools tackle affordability issues, achieve financial sustainability, and implement effective advocacy campaigns.


Curriculum

Rosh Hashanah

English
The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education of the School of Education at Bar-Ilan University  - A High Holiday resource  

The JRF Education Department - Curriculum interactive Resource for teachers, parents, and education directors.

The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington youth resources.

Chabad

Hebrew
Israeli website based in Haifa provides curriculum for the Jewish holidays

The Israeli centre of Jewish identity in the Golan Heights – curriculum for the High Holidays 


Yom Kippur

English
The JRF Education Department’s - Curriculum interactive Resource for teachers, parents, and education directors.

The Holiday Spot is a website where you can get ideas, crafts, recipes, greeting cards, traditions & history, activities and social networking on all your favorite holidays and festivals.

Yom Kippur Activities for Kids and Teachers


Hebrew
Israeli website for curriculum in different subjects

Jewish Kindergarten Organization provides also curriculum in different Jewish subjects

Israeli Ministry of Education



Sukkot

English
Australian Jewish website which operates as Academy and provides Jewish education to children in Jewish schools and non-Jewish school.

A local Jewish Canadian website

The Orthodox union website

Virtual Jerusalem website is a Jewish American based 


Hebrew
Israeli website for kindergarten teachers

Israeli website for curriculum in different subjects

Arts and crafts for Sukkot


Hanukkah

English 
The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education of the School of Education at Bar-Ilan University that to promotes Jewish education in the Diaspora.

Hanukkah Activities and Games for Kids

Hanukkah - Teacher Resources from TeacherVision® website for teachers with 22,000 pages of classroom-ready lesson plans, printables, and resources.

Hannukkah activities from abcteach website, an educational website for teachers created by a Michigan elementary school teacher who was retiring after 26 years in the class. this website evolved into the global educational resource that abcteach has become.

Hanukkah Activities - These Hanukkah activities are an excellent way to introduce young children to the Jewish feast of lights.


Hebrew
Pisga Centre Ramat Gan's (city on the suberbes of Tel Aviv) Website for teachers an educators.

The Israeli Ministry of Education information and activities for Hannukah. 

Makam Haifa website - information and activities for Hanukkah.

Galim website -  Hanukkah activities 

Tu B'shvat  

English
Partnership 2Gather Western Galilee Central Area Consortium - Early Childhood Tu B'shvat Activites 

Behrman house activities and recourses

Resources and Activities for the holiday

Jewish Children’s learning website
 
A local Jewish Canadian website

Morim.org and Madrichim.org is an educational resource that is serving a community of educators from over 90 countries around the world.

The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education of the School of Education at Bar-Ilan University that to promotes Jewish education in the Diaspora.

Kibbuts Lotan’s website

Hillel website

MyJewishLearning.com is the leading transdenominational website of Jewish information and education.


Hebrew
Israeli website – The Kibbutz Institute for Holidays and Israeli Culture

Israeli website with bank of different activities for the holiday

The Israeli Ministry of Education

The Virtual Library of the Israeli Technological Education

The Bible website – with information on holidays, Torah, religious and more Jewish topics

Israeli website that has bank of activities for the young kids for the holidays

The Israeli Ministry of Welfare providing the educators in their boarding schools with holidays activities 

Israeli website for arts and crafts for the holidays and more



Purim

Partnership 2Gather Western Galilee Central Area Consortium - Early Childhood Tu B'shvat Activites 


Pesach / Passover

Partnership 2Gather Western Galilee Central Area Consortium - Early Childhood Pesach Activites 

Passover Activities and Games

Kosher 4 Passover for Kids

Chabad Activities for Kids 

Passover – Teacher Resources, Lessons, & Activities

Pesach Jewish Agency

Partnership 2Gather Western Galilee Central Area Consortium - Early Childhood Passover Activites 

HOLOCAUST

CYBRARY OF THE HOLOCAUST a collection of many documents and pictures about the Holocaust.

THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE the Los Angeles museum at the Weisenthal Foundation.

TEACHER'S GUIDE TO THE HOLOCAUST THE BEST teacher site online. Resources, classroom activities, links & more.

THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM the new national museum in Washington.

Yad Vashem - World Center for Holocaust Research, Documentation, Education and Commemoration.

Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research



Yom Ha’atzmaut Israeli Independence Day



Partnership 2Gather Western Galilee Central Area Consortium - Early Childhood Yom Ha'atzmaut Activites 


Union for Reform Judaism


The Jewish Agency website on Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Hazikaron


A selection of resources for teaching Yom Ha'atzmaut from the  Ratner Media and Technology Center of the  Jewish Education Center of Cleveland


The Coalition for Jewish Learning (CJL) and advances Jewish education in the greater Milwaukee community - Yom Ha'atzmaut educational resources


General

Program collection

The Institute for Curriculum Services: National Resource Center for Accurate Jewish Content in Schools is an organization that edits textbooks to provide accurate information about issues relating to the Holocaust, Judaism and Israel.

Curriculum and program collection 

The Bible Raps Project is an innovative educational tool that uses rap and hip hop to enliven the core Jewish texts. It is designed to make the tradition more appealing and more accessible through the use of technology, rhythm and rhyme.
Curriculum and programs.

Helpful study materials for educators 


Israel

The Jewish Federation of north America Israel Education Resource Center 

Israel in Jewish Identity  - This seven-unit curriculum educates middle school and high school students about the connection of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel throughout history and the centrality of Israel to the Jewish People as reflected in Jewish culture, religion, and identity.

Road to Statehood An interactive site about the history of Zionism and ancient Israel with games, etc that was created by Yad Itzhak ben Zvi in Israel and UJA Centre for Jewish Education.

The Jerusalem Post Latest online news from Israel in English - daily newspaper covering Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.

All about Israel for kids

Israel for kids

Timeline - History of the state of Israel (Hebrew)


Research from the Field

On1Foot is an online database of Jewish social justice texts designed to support and promote the teaching of social justice in the Jewish community. This educational resource allows users to search and browse hundreds of biblical, rabbinic and contemporary Jewish texts about social justice, upload new texts and create custom source sheets using the texts and suggested discussion questions 

Celebrating 350 years of American Jewish History, this website offers historical speeches, timeline, and other online resources for Jewish educators. Click into connections for how to preserve your own Jewish family and local community history as well. You'll also find a selected bibliography on American Jewish History