
To Learn Is To Do: A Tikkun Olam Roadmap
Text-based study of tikkun olam using Torah, Torah commentary, and other primary sources.
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SKU:
3729ISBN:
9780807407295Product Type:
Printed MaterialGrade Level:
4-6
$10.95
Formerly URJ Press #123935
For Grades 5-6
Features
- Text-based study of tikkun olam using Torah, Torah commentary, and other primary sources
- Introduces related mitzvot
- Includes Hebrew key words, roots, and phrases related to tikkun olam
- Highlights organizations that do the actual everyday work of tikkun olam
- Can be used as an independent curricular unit, or integrated into Hebrew, text-study, Torah, or tzedakah curricular units
- Accompanying teacher's guide available
- Attractive, humorous black-and-white line drawings
Benefits
- Provides roadmap of tikkun olam
- Teaches students that being Jewish involves both learning and doing
- Provides practical, realistic ways for students to begin their lifelong connection to ethical living
- Highlights values embodied in text sources
- Focuses on the organizations, traditions, and rituals that help us carry out those values
- Enables teachers to make connections between text study and Jewish living
- User-friendly teacher's guide offers suggestions for classroom implementation, with specific suggestions for integrating this material into other curricular units