What do cherry tomatoes, Soda Stream, the game Rummikub, and a cardboard bicycle all have in common? They all have roots in Israel. And although Israel may seem far away to your students, you can help them see how Israel is alive in their everyday lives through innovations and inventions that come as close as their own kitchens.
Take a look at this list of 64 eclectic and unexpected Israeli inventions put together by ISRAEL21c for Israel’s 64th anniversary. Your students will get a kick out of DOG TV and be enthralled by the notion that the latest snow making technology comes from a desert country.
Behrman House and ISRAEL21c make it easy for you to add new dimensions to your Israel education program by focusing on the innovations and initiatives that Israel brings to the world. The ISRAEL21c Teacher’s Edition puts feature stories direct from Israel right at your fingertips, together with thoughtfully crafted lesson plans that provide step by step guidelines for class use.
ISRAEL21c Teacher’s Edition downloadable lesson plans are available for $2.99 each, or in volumes of seven lessons for $14.99. Schools with a prepaid subscription to the Behrman House Resource Libraries get an additional 20% off every lesson plan order. Thirty five lessons are available right now, with a new volume of seven lessons added every two weeks.
Built around seven themes—People, Culture, Technology, Social Action, Environment, Travel, and Health—ISRAEL21c Teacher’s Edition lesson plans can be used to add a lesson or two to your current Israel education program, to supplement your Hebrew program or to form the core of a completely new approach to your students’ engagement with Israel.
Show students how a young Israeli is teaching advanced engineering concepts using Legos, let them marvel at the millions of birds that make Israel a twice-a-year stop on their migration path between Europe and Africa, let them see how an Israeli game maker is turning The Hunger Games phenomenon onto a video game they can play too. See all the available lessons here.
You can plan next year’s Israel education program this summer by downloading ISRAEL21c Teacher’s Edition lesson plans. Keep them ready in your online Behrman House account or create an Online Learning Center class, organize them in your OLC ‘Saved Resources’ folder, and post the articles an d videos directly into an OLC class for easy implementation in the fall.
It takes just one 15 minute consultation to set up your school in the Online Learning Center and see how to make ISRAEL21c Teacher’s Edition work in an OLC class. Get in touch for your appointment today!
