Class Yiddish History Literature & Culture
Alef
Grades
K & 1
   Oral skills: colors, food,
    clothes, holidays,etc.
   Letter recognition
   Songs and poems
   Numbers
   Greetings
Theme: Bible Stories and Holidays
   Discussion of meaning of stories
   The stories through arts and crafts
   Holiday learning
   Plays and skits
   Holiday stories and discussions
   Arts and crafts
   Singing
   Games
   Cooking and Jewish foods
   Folk Dance
Beyz
Grades
2nd & 3rd
   Oral skills
   Letter recognition
   Reading and writing (script and print)
   Games
   Songs and poems
   Basic conversation
Theme: Diaspora - Why are the Jews
all over the world?
   Post-biblical periods
   Exiles in Babylon, Greece, Rome
   Migration and persecution
   The shtetl
   Outstanding leaders and scholars
    of the time periods
   Current events
   Holiday stories and discussions
   Intro to Jewish literature
   Jewish cooking
   Holiday play writing
   Arts & crafts
   Folk dance
Gimml
Grades
4th & 5th
   Reading and writing skills
    continued
   Conversation skills
   Intro to conjugation of verbs
   Games
   Songs and poems
Theme: Jews in America
   Jewish emigration to America
   From New Amsterdam to Today
   Jews in American social movements
   American Jews or Jewish Americans
   American Jews and Israel
   Current events
   Holiday preparation and playwriting
   Jewish literature
   American Jewish literature
   Jewish cooking
   Arts & crafts
   Folk dance
Daled
Grades
6th & 7th
   Reading and writing skills
   Grammar
   Conversation
   Songs and poems
Theme: History and Identity - Who am I?
   Unique periods in history
   Lessons for today from Jewish history
   Identity through adversity
   Current events
Upper Daled:
Bar/Bat Mitzvah/Commencement Preparation
   Jewish literature
   Discussion of community and identity
   Arts & crafts
   Folk dance
   Jewish cooking