CU+6

=Curriculum Grade 6 (Template)(Grade 6 FAQ)=

** Synopsis ** · A movement of Jews emerged who identify with the culture and history and not the religion. · Migration, new concepts of ethnicity and modern nation-states led to changes in and disputes about Jewish identity. · The creation and existence of Israel has had a profound and continuing effect on Jews. Questions: · How did Jews deal with being both Jews and citizens of the country in which they lived? · What role did Jews play in the history of the United States? What was it like to be a newly arrived Jew in the United States? · What role did secular Jews play in the origins of modern Israel, the civil rights and feminist movements?

Objectives: Sixth grade introduces students to the history of the Jews in the modern age, including emancipation in Western Europe, involvement in and creation of various social movements (Zionism, socialism, Yiddishkeit, trade unionism), immigration to the United States (including the immigrant experience and the labor movement), and the establishment of the State of Israel. Issues to be addressed may include: Why did Jews decide to emigrate to the U.S.? To Israel? What does it mean to establish a Jewish state? How were and are different kinds of Jews and non-Jews included and excluded? What political movements did Jewish immigrants in the US become involved in, and why? How did Jewish life and religion change when people moved to the US and to Israel? How did the American Jewish experience in this period compare to the experiences of other groups in the US and with Jews in Palestine/Israel? What were the origins, ideals, and actuality of the Kibbutz movement? What was its relation to shtetl values? What has become of it today? How has the Middle East conflict affected Jews in Israel and elsewhere (Intefada, peace movement, effect of occupation on Jewish soul, influence of articulate, educated Israeli Arabs).

Sources: Lessons
 * [|American Jewish Historical Society: Chapters on American History]
 * # || Title || Goals ||
 * 1 || Introduction || Provide a bridge between fifth grade and sixth grade materials ||
 * 2 || Colonial Jewish America (Part 1) || Students will learn about Jewish immigration to New Amsterdam and the initial problems of integrating into American life. ||
 * 3 || Colonial Jewish America (Part 2) || Students will learn about Jewish settlement patterns in the New World and think about the kinds of jobs they likely undertook in their new places of settlement. ||
 * 4 || Deism Among the Founding Fathers || Students will learn about the attitudes toward God and religion held by various activists during the Revolutionary War period ||
 * 5 || Jews in the Frontier || Students will review growth of American and learn about the job opportunities for Jews as merchants during the westward expansion. ||
 * 6 || Emancipation in Western Europe || Student will learn about the political and legal emancipation of the Jews in western Europe during the 19th century and consider the tension between formal emancipation and residual popular antisemitism. ||
 * 7 || Blood Libel || The students will learn about the history of blood libel against the Jews, focusing on the 1840 case in Damascus. ||
 * 8 || Integration and the Changing Face of Judaism || Students will learn about how the Haskalah in German generated Jewish theologies that promoted integration with the surrounding societies and laid the seeds for the development of the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform movements. ||
 * 9 || German Migration to the United States in the 19th Century || Students will learn and speculate about what it was like to emigrate from Germany to the United States. ||
 * 10 || Jews During the Civil War || Students will learn about the roles taken by some Jews during the U.S. Civil War and the divisions between northern and southern Jews. ||
 * 11 || Oppression in Eastern Europe || Students will learn about the policies of 19th century Czarist Russia toward the Jews and how this led to the growth of a Zionist movement. ||
 * 12 || Learning to be Americans || Students will learn about strategies among Eastern European immigrants for integrating into American society. ||
 * 13 || Jewish Assistance Organizations || Students will be introduced to the development of Jewish organizations designed to provide aid to new immigrants by focusing on the creation, development, and activities of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Workmen’s Circle. ||
 * 14 || Forward || Students will learn about the founding and significance of the “Forward.” ||
 * 15 || Jewish Labor in Turn-of-the-century America || Students will learn about conditions in which Jewish immigrant laborers worked in American cities around the beginning of the 20th century. ||
 * 16 || Jews and the Labor Movements || Students will learn about the role of Jews in the development of organized labor movements ||
 * 17 || Jews and the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements || Students will learn about the role of Jews in the civil rights and feminists movements in the U.S. ||
 * 18 || Reconstructionism || Students will learn about the development and original beliefs of Reconstructionism. ||
 * 19 || Modern Secular Organizations || Students will learn about the development of CSJO and SHJ in the latter part of the 20th century, about their contrasting visions of the organization of secular Jewish life, and about their relationship to the Jewish Children’s Folkshul. ||
 * 20 || Formation of Modern Israel (Part 1) || Students will learn about the settlement of Palestine by Jews expelled from Russia. ||
 * 21 || Formation of Modern Israel (Part 2) || Students will learn about the creation of the State of Israel, noting the presence and importance of secular beliefs and religious antipathy. ||
 * 22 || Arab-Jewish Relations in Palestine (Part 1) || Students will learn about the origins of the Arab-Jewish conflict in Palestine. ||
 * 23 || Arab-Jewish Relations in Palestine (Part 2) || Students will explore the current state of Arab-Jewish conflict. ||
 * 24 || The Kibbutz Movement || Students will learn about the history of the Kibbutz movement in Israel, noting their break with many traditional practices and their embodiment of socialist principles. ||
 * 25 || Modern Russian Exodus || Students will learn about the wave of Russian immigration to Israel and the U.S. in the latter part of the 20th century. ||
 * 26 || Separation of Church and State in Israel (Part 1) || Students will examine what powers of government are given to particular religious institutions (Ashkenazi and Sephardi Orthodox) in Israel as compared to the United States. ||
 * 27 || Separation of Church and State in Israel (Part 2) || Students will examine the consequences and tensions arising from the granting of powers to particular religious institutions. ||
 * 28 || Secular Revival in Israel || Students will learn about the significance of the current secular revival in Israel. ||