Dear Friends:
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington has produced a free educational poster to commemorate Jewish American Heritage Month (May) and the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. The 36" x 24" poster highlights the Washington Jewish community's celebration outside the Jewish Agency building on Massachusetts Avenue on May 14, 1948. Following the declaration of Israel's independence and President Truman's swift recognition of the State, the gathered crowd sang, prayed, and danced.
Educational resources for teachers and students in grades 5-12 (including primary source documents, discussion guides, and background information) will be available on our website (http://jhsgw.org/education/jahm_resources.php) soon. They focus on the importance of teen social activism both then and now, and the role that Washington area teens played in rallying public support of the new State. The resources help students relate to the actions and emotions of teens sixty years ago by analyzing primary source photographs, discussion questions, oral history excerpts, and historical background. Three suggested activities help students relate activism in the 1940s to modern causes by brainstorming ways to advance particular causes, designing protest stickers and preserving oral histories about important historic events.
The poster and resources will be provided free of cost if folded and mailed flat. (Up to 5 copies are available for free. Additional copies are available for $2/poster S&H.) Copies mailed in poster tubes will be available for $5.
To request a copy of the poster, or if you have any other questions, please contact me at 202-789-0900 or email [log in to unmask], or 202.789.0900.
Sincerely,
Erin
Erin M. McCormally
Education Specialist
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington
600 I Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202.789.0900
www.jhsgw.org
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