Hi, Annette: With the caveat that these are not videos I have *used* in my teaching (I work with older students), here are some possibilities for you to consider:
On the younger side: BimBam (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bimbam.com/__;!!KGKeukY!2vCSK52wWE2gTksQyl-kicRn24yiwSZC_roKzYhwsIA9vyDqZGW7zdQUd-GqIVmPVzLFPiPN1SpbwLw7PG1Y-vMPTs1tCA$ ). On the older side: Jewish Unpacked (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishunpacked.com/videos/__;!!KGKeukY!2vCSK52wWE2gTksQyl-kicRn24yiwSZC_roKzYhwsIA9vyDqZGW7zdQUd-GqIVmPVzLFPiPN1SpbwLw7PG1Y-vNMhIAnLQ$ ). Facing History and Ourselves has an abridged/classroom-ready version of the film *Who Will Write Our History?* (about the Warsaw Ghetto/Ringelblum Archive: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/watching-who-will-write-our-history__;!!KGKeukY!2vCSK52wWE2gTksQyl-kicRn24yiwSZC_roKzYhwsIA9vyDqZGW7zdQUd-GqIVmPVzLFPiPN1SpbwLw7PG1Y-vOc5wFV_Q$ ) that they say is appropriate for grades 7-12, so while it may work for the 12-year-olds in your group, it's likely too much for the youngest kids. (I am a huge fan of this film and use the unabridged version with my undergrads.) Good luck! All best, Erika On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 10:50 PM Annette Goldsmith via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Safranim, The Rabbi at my Temple has asked me to come up with videos > on different periods of Jewish history for our after-school (Tuesday and > Thursday) Hebrew School students. They will have maybe an hour a month to > learn about this history. > Dear Safranim, > > The Rabbi at my Temple has asked me to come up with videos on different > periods of Jewish history for our after-school (Tuesday and Thursday) > Hebrew School students. They will have maybe an hour a month to learn about > this history. We are talking about an audience of roughly 8-12 year olds. > > He mentioned these topics: > > - overview of Jewish history > - different communities and customs > - destruction of the Temple and exile > - Inquisition > - ghettos, persecution, Shoah > - state of Israel > > I found a great thread on JEDLAB and I've been looking at various videos > from recommended sites and beyond. But starting with the Jewish history > overview, so far I haven't watched anything that I want to share with the > kids. Common problems are narration that mispronounces words, a Christian > viewpoint that pops up briefly (and surprisingly!) well into the video, > content that is way too sophisticated/ironic for my target audience, a > lecturer talking with no visuals(!), etc. > > Can you recommend any specific videos (freely available, if possible) that > you've used on any of these topics? Personally for some of these topics I > would be happier using books, but I understand why he wants to use videos. > Last year for 4th grade and up we used the excellent 10-minute HBO > documentary inspired by the book, *The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm. > *Marjorie > Ingall's review in Tablet led me to the film: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/holocaust-movie-for-young-viewers__;!!KGKeukY!2vCSK52wWE2gTksQyl-kicRn24yiwSZC_roKzYhwsIA9vyDqZGW7zdQUd-GqIVmPVzLFPiPN1SpbwLw7PG1Y-vMPHPAyrA$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/holocaust-movie-for-young-viewers__;!!KGKeukY!0wBN_PonzuRsFggLtBmLh3CipA6SeO1KVXMWSdQLZp85Mqvdg22qFZ0zpKyiWspJ1oqtOlwxrjYBYXOyXWjAYjhNusBg$>. > So I expect that there is some wonderful material out there but I need some > help finding it. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! > > Shabbat Shalom! > Annette > > Annette Y Goldsmith, PhD (she/her/hers) > Part-time Faculty, Kent State University iSchool > Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles > Member, 2022 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee > > *Currently reading: *Alston, B.B. *Amari and the Night Brothers *(Supernatural > Investigations, Book 1). 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