CU2-28

2:28 **Title:** Shavuos – Origins in spring festival. Modern associations and observances. Materials: mock diplomas 1.  **Gain attention of the learner:** On the center of the chalkboard write the word careers. Ask students to list the different careers that they are aspiring to in their adulthood. 2.  ** Review relevant past learning: ** During this term we have explored the origins of the Jewish holidays and how the Jews adapted the holidays to reflect their values. Ask students to describe one thing they remember this year about the different holidays. 3.  ** Introduce new material: ** Shavous is another harvest festival and it marks the end of the barley harvest. Later the rabbis tacked on the idea that God gave the Jews the Torah on Shavous. We celebrate it as a time to reflect on the importance of learning and education and to celebrate symbolic first fruits such as writing a book, building a new house, etc. that happened in the previous year. Review the careers listed on the bord. Each of these careers need some form of training before it can be pursued. 4.  ** Provide guided practice: ** Ask the students to organize themselves by the careers they want to practice. Then ask the students to work together describing what they will have to learn to do their future occupation. Have the groups share their ideas. Regroup once more and ask students to adjust their learning path based on the information shared by their friends. 5.  ** Provide independent practice: ** Each student should now work independently writing a brief paragraph describing a noteworthy accomplishment s/he will make during his/her working life. Each student should select a noteworthy act or accomplishment of someone in his/her family and make a certificate for that person.
 * Goals:** Students will learn the origin of the agricultural activities of Shavuos and how these later became associated with the modern secular Jewish celebrations of first fruits. Students will learn how the festival became associated with the Giving of the Law and the modern secular Jewish celebration Torah/Talmud study
 * Close the lesson: **Each student should share his/her ideas. Give each student a mock diploma marking the accomplishment.