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Library Research Project
The goal of this lesson is to teach students how to do independent research in their school or local library. Students will identify at least 3 articles (primary sources) from the period of the Refuseniks that discuss a topic of their choosing. Then, students will write a summary of those articles.
August 15, 2019
Present, Protest, & Inspire
In this activity lesson, students will imagine that they are activists in the free world advocating for Soviet Jews.
November 4, 2018
Bring Refuseniks or Activists to Class (or on zoom)
Hear the stories from the source! Invite Prisoners of Zion, Refuseniks and Human Rights activist who live near you.
August 30, 2018
Soviet Jewry Kit
This five-part lesson plan introduces students to the idea that Jewish people in the Soviet Union were not free to express themselves as Jews or to emigrate to a different country.
June 19, 2018
A Hanukkah Letter From Moscow
In this lesson, young students will be introduced to the idea that Jewish people in the Soviet Union were not free to express themselves as Jews or to emigrate to a different country.
Escape Room Activity
In this lesson, students will learn about the struggle of the Soviet Jews in the 1970s and the different ways in which they fought back against the oppressive regime that denied them the right to emigrate.
June 17, 2018
Social Action Reading and Discussion
In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of social action and will think creatively to promote causes for which they see a need to take action.
Profiles on Courage Research Project
Students will research different personalities from the Soviet Jewry movement. They will determine what motivated them, what happened to them, and what happened to them after the movement ended.
June 14, 2018
Putting It into Action
This lesson introduces students to the idea of social action and prompts them to find their own form of activism.
Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. is well known as a great civil rights leader birthday, with his birthday celebrated each year because he actually changed the world. But, how is he connected to the Refusenik movement? In this lesson, students will consider the connections between the civil rights movement, Jewish values, and the struggle for Soviet Jewry.
June 12, 2018
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