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Pittsburgh teens volunteer in Israel, meet Ukrainian refugees and Israeli youth

By Ellen Resnek / Wednesday, April 6, 2022 / Comments Off on Pittsburgh teens volunteer in Israel, meet Ukrainian refugees and Israeli youth

Classrooms Without Borders cohort visits Children’s Village, develops friendships and greater appreciation for home READ ABOUT IT HERE

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Remembering ‘Tree of Life’… “Never again, means NEVER AGAIN!”

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Remembering ‘Tree of Life’… “Never again, means NEVER AGAIN!”

Learners will learn about the Tree of Life shooting as an event and as a piece of a larger narrative of antisemitism, discrimination and racial issues within the United States. […]

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Remembering the Tree of Life Tragedy Day

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Remembering the Tree of Life Tragedy Day

DAY 1: ANTISEMITISM AND THE MEDIA The purpose of defining antisemitism is to determine what opinions students already hold. It’s important they can define the term so that they can […]

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Understanding Now to Change the Future

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Understanding Now to Change the Future

Students will begin this mini-unit by remembering/discovering the Tree of Life Shooting. The class will utilize a video, numerous primary source documents, discussions, and journaling in order to begin to […]

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Social Awareness and Activism Through Music

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Social Awareness and Activism Through Music

Music is the universal language. Music has many messages. Music has been used as a means to combat social injustice and inspire social reform. Middle school students are mature enough […]

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

In this lesson students will explore the power of images. Beginning with the hook exercise students will begin to understand the role that confirmation bias, stereotyping, and other cognitive biases […]

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“To be a Stronger Tree”: Understanding Hate Crimes & Resisting Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on “To be a Stronger Tree”: Understanding Hate Crimes & Resisting Hate

This lesson contains three parts, which help students to understand: the Tree of Life attack, hate crimes in a larger sense, and how they can take action to enduringly resist […]

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

On October 27, 2018, the Pittsburgh community was the victim of the deadliest Anti-Semitic attack in the United States. Even as the tragedy was continuing to unfold, the entire Pittsburgh […]

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Antisemitism, Past to Present: Activism to Create a Change

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Antisemitism, Past to Present: Activism to Create a Change

This unit was designed to immerse students in the history of the Holocaust and national, ethnic, racial, and religious intolerance. This is to communicate the impact of personal responsibility, civic […]

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Social Awareness and Activism Through Art

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Social Awareness and Activism Through Art

Art is one of the greatest means of communication. Art has many messages. Art is and has been used as a means to combat social injustice and inspire social reform. […]

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