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General Tours The following programs are currently available to school and youth groups in grades K-12:
Love Thy Neighbor: Immigration and the U.S. Experience Israel and the Diaspora Building a Bayit: There's No Place Like Home Highlights of the Museum Exhibition Coming of Age During the Holocaust, Coming of Age Now In preparing for a bar or bat mitzvah, a young person is preparing to become a fully recognized member of the Jewish community. What does it mean to be a part of the Jewish community? What responsibilities are involved? The Museum is pleased to present a special tour and curriculum for bar and bat mitzvah students to discuss these questions. This Museum tour presents artifacts that focus on the stories of young people who lived during the Holocaust, and begins a dialogue in the Museum galleries on the themes of Jewish identity, community, and responsibility. This tour is most valuable when planned in conjunction with use of the Coming of Age curriculum in the classroom. The curriculum includes a Teacher’s Guide, student workbooks presenting the stories of 13 young people who came of age during the Holocaust, and DVDs of testimony from these survivors. Click here for more information.
(Available for grades 3-12)
Woman of Letters: : Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française This exhibition tells the remarkable story of a writer driven to create, of a mother and her daughters, of memory and identity, of legacy and loss. The exhibition includes Némirovsky's original manuscript and the valise in which it was kept for decades, never before exhibited. (Available for high school students.) Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow (Opening May 1, 2009) This exhibition tells the story of Jewish professors who fled Nazism and came to America in the 1930s and 1940s, finding teaching positions at historically black colleges and universities. The exhibition explores the encounter between these scholars and their students, and their impact on each other, the Civil Rights Movement, and American society. Students examine how these two ethnically diverse groups were unified through shared experiences of marginality and visions for social justice. (Available for grades 5 through 12.)
Pre- and Post-Visit Lessons All of Ours To Fight For: Americans in the Second World War Teacher's Guide Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust Teacher’s Guide The Teacher’s Guide for the Museum’s special exhibition Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust provides pre- and post-visit lessons that allow students to explore the range of Jewish responses in defiance and resistance of the Nazis during the Holocaust, including acts to maintain dignity, document the unimaginable, save lives, and resist with arms. Also includes information about the exhibition, lesson plans designed specifically for Jewish schools, and a list of additional resources. Click here to download a free pdf copy. Meeting Hate with Humanity Pre- and Post-Visits Available through the Lipper Intern School Partnership Program, our college interns conduct a pre-visit session in the classroom, guide the students through the Museum where the students learn first hand from our exhibitions, and follow up with a post-visit session in the classroom. This program is available on a limited basis for public middle and high schools throughout the Northeast. Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By This interactive workshop extends your students' visit to the Museum by offering an opportunity to think about genocide and activism today. Exploring the Museum's theme of social justice, students conclude their tour by engaging in Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By, a lesson about genocide in Darfur. Museum Educators provide background on the political and historical situation in Darfur and guide students through a close analysis of photographs, drawings by Darfuri children, and text. Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By provides the basis for meaningful reflection on the ongoing crisis in Darfur and its terrible toll on civilian life. Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By encourages students to consider implications of what they learned in the Museum and how to apply these lessons to their own lives. Workshops are conducted in the Museum's classrooms. (Available for grades 6-12) Speakers Bureau Arrange for your class to hear a Holocaust survivor or WWII veteran speak about his or her experiences, as part of a pre- or post-visit, through the Speakers Bureau.
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