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All-Inclusive Heritage Museum
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
This interactive lesson invites students to explore their family histories and cultural identities through treasured heirlooms and personal artifacts.
Antisemitism and Jewish Middle Eastern Americans
High School (Grades 9-12)
This high school lesson, adopted into California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, explores antisemitism through the experiences of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish Americans, examining historical and contemporary discrimination, prejudice, and hate while en
Anyada Buena, Shanah Tovah: Educator Guide
Elementary School (Grades K-5)
A free educator guide to Sarah Aroeste’s board book about a Sephardic family’s Rosh Hashanah, with Ladino greetings, a seder plate coloring page, and a pumpkin burekas recipe.
Around the Middle Eastern Jewish World
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
This interactive middle school lesson takes students on a virtual journey through Jewish communities in Morocco, Yemen, Syria, and Turkey, exploring their histories, cultural traditions, and personal stories to deepen understanding of Sephardic and Mizrah
Authors of Jewish History
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School (Grades 9-12)
Students research a Jewish community of the Middle East or North Africa using primary and secondary sources, then write and share a book that tells that community’s history.
Celebrating Middle Eastern Jewish Clothing
Elementary School (Grades K-5)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Students explore how Jews of the Middle East and North Africa used clothing to fit in with their neighbors while keeping a distinct Jewish identity, then celebrate Mimouna in kaftans with sweets and Moroccan music.
Celebrating Mimouna (National Library of Israel)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
A short primary source lesson from the National Library of Israel in which students analyze a photograph of Moroccan Jews celebrating the Mimouna and plan a celebration or awareness campaign of their own.
Doña Gracia Saved Worlds: Educator Guide
Elementary School (Grades K-5)
A free educator guide to Bonni Goldberg’s picture book about Doña Gracia Nasi, the sixteenth century businesswoman who helped secret Jews escape the Inquisition, with reading, writing, STEAM, and mapping activities.
El Otro Camino: 1492 (Centropa)
High School (Grades 9-12)
A Centropa film tracing Sephardic Jews from Spain’s 1492 expulsion to Sarajevo, with free lesson plans.
Expressing Diversity in Jewish Identity: Blending In and Standing Out (Facing History and Ourselves)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
A Facing History lesson where students explore blending in and standing out, Queen Esther’s story, and the history of Mizrahi Jews.
Forgotten Refugees : Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School (Grades 9-12)
Students meet Jewish refugees from Libya, Egypt, Iraq, and Morocco through their own testimonies, analyze why nearly a million Jews left Arab lands, and create collages that turn forgotten refugees into remembered ones.
Henna Party
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School (Grades 9-12)
Students discover the henna celebration, a joyful pre-wedding tradition of Moroccan, Yemenite, and other Middle Eastern Jewish communities, and explore its meanings of blessing, protection, and community.
Jewish Tapestry Institute: Teaching Tools
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School (Grades 9-12)
Short videos and teacher guides from Jewish Tapestry Institute that bring Sephardi, Mizrahi, and diverse Jewish heritage into the classroom, on topics from medieval scholars to holidays and synagogues.
Jewish Voices in Early America (Institute for Curriculum Services)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School (Grades 9-12)
A primary source lesson from the Institute for Curriculum Services on how America’s first Jewish communities, most of them Sephardic, fought for religious liberty and the right to participate in civic life.
Jews in the Islamic World
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
High School (Grades 9-12)
Students weigh the evidence on Jewish life under medieval Muslim rule, from protection and flourishing to restriction and persecution.