Civil%Rights,%Leadership%Training,%and% School7wide%Programs % % - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Civil%Rights,%Leadership%Training,%and% School7wide%Programs%

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Sara%Salitan7Thiell% Troy%Jewish%Community%Religious%School% Troy,%NY%

School7wide%programming%

• Students%aged%4718%
• Broken%into%four%groups:%

1.%Pre7K7Grade%2% 2.%Grades%375% 3.%Grades%6%&%7% 4.%Madrichim,%who%became%facilitators%% %

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

Leadership%Training%

• Madrichim%had%been%using%

JWA%Civil%Rights%curriculum%during%the%year,% focusing%on:%

» idenTty% » power%&%privilege% » clarifying%their%own%values% » non%violent%resistance% » and%using%primary%sources% % %

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

School7wide%Programming%

• Three%dates%chosen%to%use%the%

JWA$Living$the$Legacy$Civil$Rights$ Curriculum:%% 1.%to%coincide%with%the%MLK%holiday% 2.%during%February,%Black%History%Month% 3.%during%March,%Womens%History%Month% %

(we%revisited%many%of%the%facts%and%themes%later%in%April%during%our%Passover%programming)%

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Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

School7wide%Programming%

• Supplemental%reading%materials:%

As%Good%As%Anybody,%by%Richard%Michelson% % % %

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

DifferenTated%InstrucTon%

• Pre%K7Grade%2%shown%pictures%&%discussed:%

– How%would%you%feel%if%the%rules%said%you% couldnt%do%something%you%liked%because%of% the%color%of%your%skin,%hair,%or%eye%color?% – Would%you%want%to%change%those%rules?%%% – How%would%you%want%to%change%those%rules?%%

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

DifferenTated%InstrucTon%

• Grades%375%shown%same%pictures%&%asked%to%

noTce%their%reacTons,%then%asked%similar% quesTons,%but%also%asked%how%they%would% make%change.%

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

DifferenTated%InstrucTon%

• Grades%6%&%7:%Shown%same%pictures,%asked:%

– Do%you%think%Jews%had%an%obligaTon%to%support%the%Civil% Rights%Movement?%%Why%or%why%not?% – What%Jewish%values%and%experiences%might%have%led%some% Jews%to%support%the%Civil%Rights%Movement% – What%Jewish%values%and%experiences%might%have%led%some% Jews%to%not%support%the%Civil%Rights%Movement?% – Why%might%Jewish%women%have%been%more%supporTve%of% Civil%Rights%than%men?% – Why%might%some%Jews%feel%ambivalence%about%civil%rights?% %

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

Schoolwide%Programming%

• Each%group%presented%back%to%the%whole%

school,%led%by%madrichim$

• All%groups%shown%pictures%of%women%from%

JWA%curriculum%who%did%Civil%Rights%work%

• All%led%by%madrichim$

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

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Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!

School7wide%Programming%&% Leadership%Training%

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• How%might%this%model%work%in%your%school%
• r%synagogue?%%How%might%it%look%different?%

Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York!