Curriculum Components

	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Core	35 minute lessons: Yom Rishon at Hag Worts (opening day) Sifrei Kodesh Bikkur Holim Kashrut Friendship	30 minute lessons: Intro to 7th Grade Core (opening day) Areivoot Defining Areivoot Pidyon Shvuyim Zionism B’tzelem Elohim Hiyuv Shituf Pe’ulah Im Hakadosh Baruch Hu	1 hour lessons: Confronting the Shoah Israel Today: Realizing the Dream
Iyun Tefillah	30 minute lessons: Torah Service Amidah (Shabbat)	30 minute lessons: Why Pray? The Origins and Structures of the Matbea Tefillah Keva/Kavanah
Gemilut Hasadim and Family Programs	Bikkur Holim: Learn how to make a visit, create get well baskets for someone coming home from the hospital, make a visit. Kashrut: Learn to read labels, shop, cook and share meal with parents, Kosher Week. Friendship: Students explore friendships with parents.	Why Pray: Meal of Many Blessings Hands-On: Sustained mitzvah projects, both bein adam laMakom and bein adam lehavero, for Jews and others, animals and the environment. Areivoot Hiyuv Shituf Peulah
Moach Madness (“Warm-up” activities to do individually as students arrive.)	10 minutes at the beginning of each session	10 minutes at the beginning of each session
Project Box (Individual projects selected by students.)	20 minutes – once a week	20 minutes – once a week
Davening	10 - 15 minutes	10 - 15 minutes
Training	3.5 day training session for Educational Directors 2 day training session for teachers
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program	5-90 minute modules: Becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah: Responsibility for Exercising Choice The Torah: Instructions for a Good Life – Part 1 The Torah: Instructions for a Good Life – Part 2 Torah Trope – What Are Those Little Marks Above and Below the Words of the Torah? The Torah: Instructions for a Good Life – Part 3

Note: Schools are responsible for selecting and implementing their own Hebrew Program. Project Etgar can provide recommendations and guidance.