About the Project
This site is part of a
cooperative learning project between pairs of schools in different countries
sponsored by the State of Israel Ministry of Education Culture and Sports
Pedagogic Secretariat, The Israeli Pedagogical Network for Collaborative Learning (IPNCL). This year, Mrs. Leorah Addi's tenth grade English speakers class of Neveh Channah in
We decided to study a short story by the renowned Israeli writer, Aharon Megged, "The Name" (Yad Vashem in Hebrew). This story led us to explore some global themes such as family relations, the meaning of names and the importance of remembering. The story also led us to learn about the Holocaust and particularly the way Israelis relate to it and to those who lived through it and were fortunate enough to survive.
In addition to studying the story and researching and writing about the themes and motives related to it, we participated in a number of significant enrichment activities to help us better experience those themes.
In January,we had a dramatic workshop with Orit Ben Harosh and Linda Bitan, two social workers of the Amcha Association, who lead support groups for Holocaust survivors and their families. By acting out "The Name" and other situations we actually came to feel the problems faced by Holocaust survivors and their families in coping with real life situations. Here are some photos of the activity.
In March, we attended "Momik", a play produced by The Gesher Theatre. The play is based on a novel by David Grossman, "See Under: Love". The play told the story of Momik, a perceptive nine year old and his family of Holocaust survivors living in Jerusalem of the late 1950's. Momik makes a valiant effort to learn about the Holocaust against the wishes of his parents who want to shield him from their traumatic experiences. We met two of the actors who told us what it meant to them to play the roles of the young and grown up Momik.
While studying our own literature we have been in contact with Mrs. Sharon Peters' tenth grade class in Montreal. We told them about us and learned about them, comparing the differences and similarities of life in Israel and in Montreal. We have been using LCC's Moodle environment to carry out our discussions. We had a guest lecture by Dr. Ruby Wolbromsky of Efrat who told us about his life in Montreal before he came to live in Israel.
Our partners at LCC have been studying three Canadian literary pieces and have created a website presenting them to us to help us study them. On this website we are presenting our work on "The Name" to help our partners study it in the context of Israeli culture. In the last part of the project we will an international dialogue on both the Canadian and Israeli literature and cultures.
NC Class at Amcha Activity
See the Online Presentation prepared by Mrs. Sharon Peters on:
Online
Learning Supporting
The International Collaborative Literature
Project