Educators

10 Hanukkah Activities for Your Family

  Download Printable Version (PDF) The following activities are designed to delight the whole family and enrich your Hanukkah celebration.  

Teaching Guide for Jewish and Me Holiday Posters

E-Z User Guide for Shalom Uvrachah Interactive CD

With Our Compliments: Shalom Uvrachah Interactive E-Z User Guide This document is being made available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format. E-Z User Guide--Fast-loading on-screen version (344 KB) E-Z User Guide--High-res printable version (1560 KB) A guide for Shalom Uvrachah Interactive CD to: Help install and use the program.

Tips for Choosing a Computer

Tips for Choosing a Computer   Questions to ask when buying a new computer for yourself or your school By Jeremy Poisson e-Media Editor, Behrman House Publishers

Celebrate the Holidays!

  Rosh Hashanah

7 Key Steps for Using Interactive Software Successfully

7 Key Steps for Using Interactive Software Successfully  

Ways to Use Technology in the Jewish School

In the classroom:   Ways to Use Technology in the Jewish School By Philip Gaethe Ways to use technology to engage students in learning and ease communication with teachers, parents, and students. Teaser:  By Philip Gaethe In my school, technology is engaging students in learning and easing communication with students, parents, and teachers. The following are techniques we currently use and some we hope to introduce in the next year or so.

System Requirements for Behrman House Digital Applications

System Requirements for BEHrMAN HOuSE DIGITAL APPLICATIONS   For HINENI INTERACTIVE and SHALOM UVRACHAH INTERACTIVE  

Teaching Jewish History Internet Resources

  DownloadPrintableVersion(PDF) Chapter 4: Our Matriarchs and Patriarchs Internet Jewish History Sourcebook (Fordham University)http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

Peer-2-Peer Software Group

In the Classroom:   Peer-2-Peer: Software Group Your colleagues share tips for using the Behrman House Interactive CDs The Peer-2-Peer: Software Group consists of twelve educators who have offered to share their own experiences using Behrman House Interactive CDs. The Peer-2-Peer: Software Group can help you with tips to: Train teachers in using the CDs, including techniques that will help overcome resistance to technology.

Ways to Use The Jewish History Observer

Techniques to engage students through active learning in the historical periods, events, and figures in The Jewish History Observer. "WOOHOO!" EXCLAIM JEWS So begins The Jewish History Observer 2, in which newspaper-style articles "report" Jewish history as it happens, bringing it to life for 7–9th graders. The above exclamation of joy underscores the headline, "Jewish People to Return to Jerusalem."

American Jewish History Web Resources

Websites with information about American Jewish genealogy, biography, history, and demographics.  

Top 10 Digital Resources

Behrman House has Tomorrow’s Digital Resources You Can Use Today   You want easy-to-use digital and web-related resources that will help you engage students and their families, motivate your teachers, and keep you up to date with the latest in Jewish education. Behrman House’s online tools help you do all that—and more.  Here is our Top-10 list of tech resources you can use right now (with a bonus!) :

Leader's Guide for Manga Midrash

teacher's guide

E-Z Guide for Explorer's Bible 3D

Explorer's Bible 3D Adventure E-Z User Guide   This document is being made available in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format. E-Z User Guide--High-res printable version (1.87 MB) A guide for Explorer's Bible 3D Adventure to: Help install and use the program. Show how to easily assess students' progress online.

The Tech Connection for The Prophets: Speaking Out for Justice

The Prophets: Speaking Out for Justice  

Integrating Torah Into All Aspects of Your Curriculum

 

9 ways to use Skype in Your School

9 ways to Use Skype™ in Your School Skype™ is a software application that allows users to make free video conference calls on the Internet. Since its inception, it has become a popular tool in schools. It is an excellent resource because it allows teachers and students to visually interact from the convenience of their own homes.

The Prophets: Speaking Out for Justice

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Enriching Your Hebrew Program with Ulpan Alef and Ulpan Bet

  In the Classroom:   Enriching Your Hebrew Program with Ulpan Alef and Ulpan Bet Ways to create a Hebrew environment in the classroom, engage students with diverse needs and learning styles, and incorporate Ulpan Alef and Ulpan Bet into a prayer program.            

Teach Israel

 Experience Modern Israel

New from Behrman House. Fly to Israel without a plane ticket.

Discover Israel

 Let's Discover Israel

Offer younger children an exciting and age-appropriate introduction to the Jewish homeland