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A collection of Purim resources suitable for a variety of ages and learning environments
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Hide and Seek - A Purim Scavenger Hunt Teacher's Guide
This is the teacher guide for a Purim scavenger hunt activity. Travel through the megillah by answering clues until your students find a (virtual) prize.
Hide and Seek - A Purim Scavenger Hunt
This is the first sheet in the Purim Hide and Seek Scavenger Hunt.
Who's Behind That Mask? Text Study and Art Activity
Essential Questions
How are masks or dressing up used in the Megillah?
In what ways do masks hide parts of ourselves? How do they also show who we really are?
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to cite examples of people hiding and revealing in the Megillah.
Students will be able to portray their real selves behind their masks.
Audience
This activity was written for elementary school students
For students high school aged and up, see the sheet "Masks that Conceal; Masks that Reveal - A Text Study and Mask-Making Activity" https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/294281?lang=bi
Supplies for the activity
Texts to study
Paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.
The World Turned Upside Down - Ve'na'hafoch Hu
What if the world suddenly flipped upside down? Learning from the Jews of Shushan who knew that the world can be topsy-turvy, threatening life at one moment and affirming it in the next.
Scrolling Through The Megillot
Essential Question: How do the megillot connect to the holidays on which they are read?
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to locate the five megillot in the Jewish library.
Students will be able to identify when each megillah is read throughout the year.
Students will be able to express the motif of the megillah through illustrations.
The Four Mitzvot (Commandments) of Purim
A source sheet combining objects from the National Library of Israel with text sources and guiding questions.