Areas of Focus:

Ethic: Tikkun Olam and The State of Israel

Holidays: Shabbat, Purim, Yom Hazikaron, Yom Haastmaut (Israel Independence Day)

Jewish Heroes: Esther; Mordechai; Vashti; Theodore Hertzl, Yitzchak Rabin, Golda Meir, and Shulamit Aloni

Project: Tikkun Olam; Building a Jewish State; The Purim Carnival

Jewish Literature:The Israeli Declaration of Independence,
Songs from The Jewish State
*Jerusalem
*The People of Israel
*Israel’s Cities and Topography
*Peace in the Land of Israel

Units:

1. Welcome to Israel: A Land for The Jewish People

2. Tikkun Olam: I Can Make a Difference for My People

3.The People of Israel: Discovering Jewish Values

4. Shabbat in Jerusalem

5. Building a Jewish State: Creating a Home of Our Own

6.The Children of Israel: We Come from Many Places

7. Purim: A Party for The Jewish People

8.Tikkun Olam: Peace for All The People

9. Memory and The Jewish People: Yom Hazikaron

10.Yom Haatzmaoot: Independence for The Jewish People