The Curriculum
The Tell Institute has adapted Dara Horn's ideas into short, highly interactive curriculum units designed to be the "Start Here" framework needed to understand other instruction about Jews, the Holocaust, Israel, and antisemitism today.
The Tell's lessons teach a single story that supports pattern recognition:
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A tiny, counter-cultural group whose groundbreaking ideas shaped world history.
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The radical Jewish proposition that individuals don't need to conform, agree, or bow to tyrants.
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The 2,200-year-old "Big Lie" that Jews are destroying what society values most.
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The newest media of the time—today, AI and social algorithms—spread The Big lie farther and faster than ever.
No one can recognize or diffuse the lie of antisemitism today without understanding this story.
Applications are now open for synagogues and schools to access The Tell Institute's new B’nai Mitzvah curriculum.
Participating classrooms will gain access to The Tell’s curriculum and training portal, including:
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Eight complete lesson plans designed for B’nai Mitzvah-age students
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Slides and student workbook materials. Workbooks in hard copy will also be provided.
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Recorded teacher training delivered by Dara Horn and The Tell’s pedagogical experts
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FAQs and pre/post-unit student surveys
These eight lessons tell one world-defining story about Am Yisrael–the Jewish people–a tiny countercultural minority that has always refused to bow down to tyrants or conform to dominant societies, and how people seeking domination have responded to that challenge.
To request a preview of the lesson map, please fill out this brief form.
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