Innovative Teaching Strategies

The “Carlos Project” – Teaching Culture and Language in Your Classroom

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on The “Carlos Project” – Teaching Culture and Language in Your Classroom
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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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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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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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Holocaust Literature Themes – How can they inform action against injustices in today’s world?

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Holocaust Literature Themes – How can they inform action against injustices in today’s world?

Students will take the role of “preservationists” of history in order to inform and impact the present and future. As they read Refugee, by Alan Gratz, Holocaust-related memoirs, diaries, and […]

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Caring for Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Caring for Hate

Hate has plagued mankind since the beginning of recorded history and has powerful consequences. Before we can properly combat its existence or treat its effects, we must be able to […]

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Enough Is Enough!

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Enough Is Enough!

On the morning of October 27, at Sabbath services—the holy day of the week for the Jewish community—Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA and yelled […]

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Creating Awareness of Others – A Key Component to Combat Hate

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Creating Awareness of Others – A Key Component to Combat Hate

The purpose of this lesson plan is to “relate to the Tree of Life shooting when trying to engage the students in action against hate, racism, and antisemitism”. Thus, the […]

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