How to identify fake news of today from fake news of past Soviet media - Slideshow & Discuss
A variety of lesson plans and activities available below. You can teach one lesson or teach a learning unit using our recommendations.
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There are different lessons in Hebrew and in English, due to different material available (books, videos etc). The Hebrew lessons are available HERE
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![How to identify fake news of today from fake news of past Soviet media - Slideshow & Discuss](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_3acd3dccbff047ada6e58289d0c2a9de~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_3acd3dccbff047ada6e58289d0c2a9de~mv2.webp)
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![Film screening & discussion – Operation Wedding documentary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_71869e65106d4142a8859a5e35bb03ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_71869e65106d4142a8859a5e35bb03ea~mv2.webp)
Film screening & discussion – Operation Wedding documentary
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![Activity: Present & Protest: get inspired by creative and non-violent 70's protests](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_8df5b8737ead4e08a7a8eab956824c2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_8df5b8737ead4e08a7a8eab956824c2f~mv2.webp)
Activity: Present & Protest: get inspired by creative and non-violent 70's protests
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![1948: The Need For A Jewish State](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_4070d731576e4929af79909b79338df0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_176,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_4070d731576e4929af79909b79338df0~mv2.webp)
1948: The Need For A Jewish State
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![Slideshow and writing exercise: Jewish holidays behind the Iron Curtain](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_f282cf15d59c408985c1df350f66befa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_f282cf15d59c408985c1df350f66befa~mv2.webp)
Slideshow and writing exercise: Jewish holidays behind the Iron Curtain
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Read & discuss: 13 year old against the KGB (short story)
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![The growth of the communist regime in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81efad_241f209ccbfe4388ab2f9e5932a76ae7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/81efad_241f209ccbfe4388ab2f9e5932a76ae7~mv2.webp)
The growth of the communist regime in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
![Crash Course- Refuseniks: Let My People Go!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_226804e02c55460c91e8bf82ca9818de~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7ec969_226804e02c55460c91e8bf82ca9818de~mv2.webp)
Crash Course- Refuseniks: Let My People Go!
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Women of the Refuseniks - video & discussion
![Bring (or Zoom in) Refuseniks or Activists to class](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81efad_5fe3ad74011741e4b65186745f7b23fc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/81efad_5fe3ad74011741e4b65186745f7b23fc~mv2.webp)
Bring (or Zoom in) Refuseniks or Activists to class
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![Watch & Discuss: Freeing Russian Jewry, The Refuseniks](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L7OtB0IbHV8/maxresdefault.jpg)
Watch & Discuss: Freeing Russian Jewry, The Refuseniks
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Protesting in the time of Soviet Jewry
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![Calculated Discussion: Permission To Leave Paradise](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_cf6c002d987e4405ade0535eb883fa8c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_cf6c002d987e4405ade0535eb883fa8c~mv2.webp)
Calculated Discussion: Permission To Leave Paradise
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![Interpretation of paintings and posters on a Jewish struggle in the USSR](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81efad_4c8a6c5c47b44851a9579137e660007b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_176,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/81efad_4c8a6c5c47b44851a9579137e660007b~mv2.webp)
Interpretation of paintings and posters on a Jewish struggle in the USSR
![Longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_735a1a9a6de747e8b67b63fbdfa14a7e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7ec969_735a1a9a6de747e8b67b63fbdfa14a7e~mv2.webp)
Longing for Zion - songs, videos and discussions
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![The Refuseniks and Operation Wedding](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_6fe0bce2a1654b7abb83ba62da9af41e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_6fe0bce2a1654b7abb83ba62da9af41e~mv2.webp)
The Refuseniks and Operation Wedding
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![The Secrets of Israel -Slideshow & guided discussion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_d7fc417367404c2b9d93a35120b650e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_d7fc417367404c2b9d93a35120b650e0~mv2.webp)
The Secrets of Israel -Slideshow & guided discussion
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![Crossword: Struggle to Free Soviet Jewry](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81efad_c2ded261696440419be4e6f4701e2371~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/81efad_c2ded261696440419be4e6f4701e2371~mv2.webp)
Crossword: Struggle to Free Soviet Jewry
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"Children's Tale" - slideshow on Jewish children in the USSR - American Soviet Jewry
![[Tisha B’Av] Hebrew poetry & song (adv): Won’t you ask after, O Zion, the weal of your captive?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/81efad_cea5d8f66ebe4d46ae903c3a152b5241~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/81efad_cea5d8f66ebe4d46ae903c3a152b5241~mv2.webp)
[Tisha B’Av] Hebrew poetry & song (adv): Won’t you ask after, O Zion, the weal of your captive?
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![Home-made miracles of Hanukkah](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_068147aefe85448f89439f798037a2e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_068147aefe85448f89439f798037a2e7~mv2.webp)
Home-made miracles of Hanukkah
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![The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fbe73_ffbcd89449bd4dda8aa0439250dcb095~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0fbe73_ffbcd89449bd4dda8aa0439250dcb095~mv2.webp)
The death of Stalin in Purim 1953, compared to Haman
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![Next Year In... Moscow ? - The Red Haggadah](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_227f0122606b49ae93dd2821297880e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_227f0122606b49ae93dd2821297880e5~mv2.webp)
Next Year In... Moscow ? - The Red Haggadah
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![Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_3caa7b5a546f449aa4d070d3f4c24791~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_176,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_3caa7b5a546f449aa4d070d3f4c24791~mv2.webp)
Sharansky's matzah in Soviet Solitary confinement