The Hero in Me: Digital Links

Student Booklets

 

Links for the Courage Booklet

for the "Listen Up" activity on page 8

• "Hold On," by Shawn Mendes
• "Brave," by Sara Bareilles
• "Never Say Never," by the Maccabeats

 

Links for the Kindness Booklet

for the "Listen Up" activity on page 6

• "Stand By You," by Rachel Platten
• "Imagine," by John Lennon
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water," by Simon and Garfunkel

 

Links for the Creativity Booklet

for the "Creativity in Action" activity on page 4

• news report about medical clowning in Israel

 

Links for the Curiosity Booklet

for the "Curiosity Hero: Amit Goffer" activity on page 2

• Claire Lomas finishing the London Marathon with her ReWalk
• about the ReWalk
• child using ReWalk

 

Links for the Fairness Booklet

for the "Listen Up" activity page 5

• "Get Up, Stand Up," by Bob Marley
• "Blowin' in the Wind," by Bob Dylan
• "Resist," by Marci Geller

for the "Work Your Fairness Muscles" activity on page 6

• The Anti-Defamation League
• Hazon
• Jewish National Fund
• American-Jewish World Service
• Masbia Soup Kitchen
• Hebrew Free Loan Society
• UJA Federation
• American Red Cross

caricatures by Avi Blyer/Biomedia, on behalf of Beit Hatfutsot

 

Teacher's Guide

 

Links for the Courage Chapter

for the "Courage Memorials" activity on page 4 (use images)

• Lincoln Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Washington Monument

for the "Experiential Learning: All's Well That Ends Well" activity on page 6

• video about Natan Sharansky

for the "Project-Based Learning: Modern Megillot" activity on page 6

• list of modern Jewish heroes from Beit Hatfutsot

for the "Getting Started: Taking a Stand" activity on page 7

 

• "Hold On," by Shawn Mendes
• "Brave," by Sara Bareilles
• "Never Say Never," by the Maccabeats

for the "Courage to Take Action" activity on page 8

• interview with Natan Sharansky

 

Links for the Kindness Chapter

for the "Kindness Comics" activity on page 12

• Abraham and Sarah welcome strangers: a lesson in hospitality
• Rebekah gives water to a man and his camels
• Ruth is kind to Naomi

for the "Community Kindness" activity on page 12

• about Hadassah
• about JCFS
• about American Jewish World Service

for the "'Tzitzit' Bracelets" activity on page 16

• description of "tzitzit" with how-to video

 

Links for the Creativity Chapter

for the "Experiential Learning: Creating a Museum Exhibit" activity on page 20

• Marc Chagall
• Debbie Friedman
• Albert Einstein
• Judy Blume
• Maurice Sendak
• Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
• Gal Gadot
• Matisyahu

for the "From the Text" activity on page 22

• Psalm 23 sung to a common tune
• text of Psalm 23

for the "Ancient Meets Modern in Psalm 150" activity on page 22

• Israeli band
• duet
• choral rendition
• singing + instrumentals
• solo artist

for the "Getting Started: Creative Movement" activity on page 23

• "Boee," by Idan Raichel

 

Links for the Curiosity Chapter

for the "Experiential Learning: From ReWalk to UPnRide" activity on page 30

• about the UPnRIDE

for the "Project-Based Learning: Get Curious About 'Yigdal'" activity on page 32

• Hebrew text of "Yigdal" with translation
• video of "Yigdal"

for the "Diving into Tzedek" activity on page 36

• Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg compares chesed, tzedakah, and tzedek

 

Links for the Fairness Chapter

for the "Superfair!" activity on page 40

• origins of Superman