CU5-24

** Goal ** The students will examine the American and French revolutions as an expression of enlightenment ideas and its implications for Jewish emancipation (next year’s discussion). **1. Gain the attention of the learner** Ask the students what they know about the ideas that motivated the American Revolution. ** 2. Relevant past learning ** Recall the promise of toleration and democracy associated with the Enlightenment. ** 3. Introduce new material ** Summarize the material regarding Jews and the democratic revolutions in “A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People,” pp. 152-153 and 158-161. ** 4. Provide guided practice ** Even participation in popular revolutions did not end popular prejudice against Jews in Europe. Discuss what might explain this seeming intractability of antisemitism. ** 5. Provide independent practice ** Jewish emancipation in America, on the other hand, seemed more easily attained. Have the students think about why the experience of Jews in the United States after the revolutions might have been different from their experiences in Europe.  **6. Close the lesson** Come together and share the ideas. Note that the emancipation of the Jews in Europe will be taken up next year.
 * 5:24 ** **The Democratic Revolutions**