Civic learning unit - Soviet Jewry Struggle
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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![Civic learning unit - Soviet Jewry Struggle](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0fbe73_423075e77018472f9d647e608808b5ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0fbe73_423075e77018472f9d647e608808b5ab~mv2.webp)
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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)
How to identify fake news of today from fake news of past Soviet media - Slideshow & Discuss
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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_176,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_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7ec969_4070d731576e4929af79909b79338df0~mv2.webp)
1948: The Need For A Jewish State
![Read & discuss: 13 year old against the KGB (short story)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_daa5f63244c247adb8a738915804fd97~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7ec969_daa5f63244c247adb8a738915804fd97~mv2.webp)
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"
![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
![Protesting in the time of Soviet Jewry](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_201fa98bf48840faa96dd6a7a39baf06~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7ec969_201fa98bf48840faa96dd6a7a39baf06~mv2.webp)
Protesting in the time of Soviet Jewry
![Power of Protest - the movement to free Soviet Jewry](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7ec969_c0c69940fc394683b342938f2ea99dc0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7ec969_c0c69940fc394683b342938f2ea99dc0~mv2.webp)
Power of Protest - the movement to free 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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![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_176,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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!["Refuseniks: Heroes of History" Slideshow -- Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o9vMwpJ4xl8/maxresdefault.jpg)
"Refuseniks: Heroes of History" Slideshow -- Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement