Bayit Rishon Museum

By: Jeremy Hellman
from Yeshivat Noam

Category:
Risk Taking and Failure

Subject(s) of entry:
Art, Computer Science, History, Philosophy/ Values/ Ethics/ Hashkafa, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Studies, Tanach, Technology

Pedagogy:
Design-Thinking Model, Experiential Education, IBL - inquiry based learning, PBL - project based learning, Social and Emotional Learning, UBD - understanding by design, 21st Century Skills

Grade(s) to which this was taught:
6, Middle school

Grade(s) for which this will be useful:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Middle school, High school

The Bayit Rishom Museum is a project that was developed to allow students to view Tanach as a historical vehicle and for Mesopotamian artifacts to be used to appreciate Jewish History. Using important historical artifacts, students created virtually museums to teach about the Bayit Rishon Era.

Entry Narrative

See Attached.

Entrant Bio(s)

I am currently a middle school social studies teacher. I am father of 3 and live in Bergenfield, NJ