[etni] Fwd: It's here! JWA's new Civil Rights curriculum now available online

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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:05:14 +0200
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Subject: It's here! JWA's new Civil Rights curriculum now available online

Living the Legacy: A Jewish Social Justice Education Project

The Jewish Women's Archive is proud to announce the launch of the civil
rights module of *Living the Legacy: A Jewish Social Justice Education
Project*
http://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy

Until now, the standard narrative about the role of Jews in the Civil Rights
Movement was predictable: it celebrated "heroic" male activists from
northern states and lacked serious investigation into the complexities of
what it meant for Jews to get involved or how Jewish experience influenced
their participation in the struggle for civil rights. The *Living the Legacy
* (LTL) curriculum expands the standard narrative, revealing a rich,
inclusive, and engaging history.

The curriculum's 16 lesson plans are all available online, free of charge.
The innovative online interface was designed with teachers in mind and is
clear and easy to use. Keywords make it simple to find material on a
particular topic. Lessons are flexible and can be taught on their own or as
part of a larger unit or course. See our suggested lesson groupings
http://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/lessongroupings
for ideas.

The *Living the Legacy* civil rights curriculum is aimed at educators
working with 8th-12th grade students in a variety of formal and informal
Jewish education settings (including supplementary schools, day schools,
service learning projects, and retreats).

A gender inclusive curriculum, *Living the Legacy* gives both women's and
men's stories their rightful place in the history of American Jews and
social justice. This rich narrative is brought to life through over 85
primary sources
http://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/documents
including letters, sermons, photographs, and oral histories. A selection of
traditional Jewish texts complement the historical material.

We hope you'll dive in and take a look around! We'd love to hear what you
think. Send us an e-mail
http://jwa.org/ or call (617) 383-6762.
To learn more about what's different about this story of Jews and
the Civil Rights Movement read Judith's blog post
http://jwablog.jwa.org/LTL-launch


Judith Rosenbaum & Emily Scheinberg

*Living the Legacy: A Jewish Social Justice Education Project* was made
possible in part by a grant from Covenant Foundation
http://www.covenantfn.org/
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