Other Online Resources
All of the resources listed below are internet links. Simply click on the name of the resource/organization to visit the site.
Curricula and Lesson Plans
Jewish Heroes & Heroism of America (pdf file)
CAJE Curricular Resources, only for members of this inter-denominational teachers’
organization.
Cleveland’s Jewish Education Center is especially known for its very timely response curricula,
which are quickly but thoroughly produced following major events.
The Jewish Ageny’s Pedagogic Center for Jewish Zionist Education
Lookstein Center of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University
San Francisco’s Bureau of Jewish Education
Torah Umesorah (Orthodox day schools)
Teachers Helping Teachers, a secular site that includes some lesson plans on Jewish subjects.
The URJ (Reform Movement)
Professional Development Opportunities
A database of both Jewish and secular programs for the professional development of teachers is available at the JESNA Professional Development Center.
Tips for Teachers
The following places provide tips on various classroom teaching matters and techniques. Some of them are content-based, though of a secular nature.
Teach-nology
TeachingTips
NEA Works4Me Tips Library
Teacher Resources - Teacher's Helper - Classroom Management
The Teachers Corner
A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
TLC Teaching Tips