Today Miss Weiss and Mrs. Woods co-facilitated a class discussion. Many big ideas and important questions came up while at our debate on Monday. We posed a couple of questions to the class on Tuesday, and they voted on which question they'd like to focus a discussion around. The big idea of believing a cause is worthy of risking your life for emerged from our studies of the American Revolution. As you'll see in the follow post, by fifth grader Jacob, this big idea was transferable to a variety of content they've encountered.
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In social studies,we talked about what- if anything- is worth dying for. We thought that things such as going to the military in a war, standing up for people and just doing what is right are great things, even if you die in the process and how the thought is a big part of it. We related this to the story of Esther and when she went up to the king (which she wasn't allowed to do) and attempted to save the Jews, which she did, even though she risked a punishment or even death in the process. She wasn't afraid to stand up for her people so she saved them. We also related this to Moses and how he saved the Jews by freeing them in Egypt. After some encouragement from God, he put himself in danger to stand up for what was right. There were many different thoughts about this, and we came up with some great ideas.
Jacob
This is such an insightful response. I am amazed at the depth of the thinking. It is great to see how Judaic Studies is transferred to American History. Keep up the fantastic writing. I am learning so much from it. Your ideas really made me reflect on the meaning of Purim and Passover. Of course, I always love to read your writing!
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