Jewish History Timeline

Our Edot students were tasked this past week with creating an over-sized Jewish History Timeline, which will become an important prop during our Edot Fair's opening skit this coming Tuesday and Wednesday.  The first part of the task involved cutting out magazine pictures and photographs relating to different time periods, from ancient to modern. This was accomplished during the week day sessions. I set out magazines that covered the subjects of Israel, Archaeology, and the Jewish Diaspora Communities and their cultures. Some examples of these magazines are "Eretz" (the National Geographic magazine of Israel), "Biblical Archaeology Review", "Hadassah Magazine", "Pak'n Treger" (the magazine of the National Yiddish Book Center), and "Heritage" (the magazine of the American Jewish Historical Society).  Our Sunday session was dedicated to completing the Timeline.  Magazine photos and pictures were attached to the appropriate time periods and students brainstormed ideas for their own drawings to depict special events in Jewish history. The final result is very impressive, and is a wonderful reflection of all the work the students put into it.

There were fascinating photos to enjoy as the students searched through the magazines.

There was a lot of discussion as to which photos were appropriate for the assigned time period

Students worked in shifts; the timeline was spread across four 5-foot tables and still couldn't be completely unrolled

Different students founds different ways of reaching the space they drew in

There's nothing like throwing your whole self into a project!

A Messianic Age at the end of time filled with happy children, rainbows, puppies, and lots of candy! Sounds good to me!