On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, families, students, teachers, and community centers around the world will come together to celebrate generosity and giving. Here's how you can encourage students to get involved.
Help students reflect on a time when they helped someone by giving. Did they donate their old clothes? Give a homeless man on the street some food? These five questions from the student journal Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values will help students remember how it feels to give and why giving is important.
We have an obligation to give to those in need. It's not just a nice thing to do; it's the right thing to do. Teaching children tzedakah is easy with the new Jewish Values Challenge playing cards.
Using the other 57 Jewish values, students can share why we give, with who, and how we feel when we help others.
Team Building:
"What's Important to Me: Giving"
Purpose: Reflect on why giving is important
How to Play: Each player has a set of Value cards, facedown. Players rank the cards from most important to least important in any of the following ways:
- Choose the three most important reasons why I give (feelings)
- If you were to write a code of conduct for giving which 5 values would include as important.
- Decide, if you had $1,000 to spend on values, which ones you would spend the money on and which ones you would not spend any money on at all. (Can use Monopoly money.)
Afterward, players can share their selections with each other.
Finally, encourage students to think about their daily lives and what we waste. With this chart from the student journal Our Place in the Universe, students can track their waste and look for items to donate.
For more information and ideas for how to get involved this Giving Tuesday, click here.
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