Civil%Rights,%Leadership%Training,%and% School7wide%Programs % % 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,%Women � s%History%Month% % (we%revisited%many%of%the%facts%and%themes%later%in%April%during%our%Passover%programming) % % 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% couldn � t%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 !
% Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York !
Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York !
School7wide%Programming%&% Leadership%Training% % • How%might%this%model%work%in%your%school% or%synagogue?%%How%might%it%look%different?% Sara Salitan-Thiell, Community School Principal, Troy, New York !
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