Scheck Hillel Community School’s entire Grade 6 toured the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach last week as an experiential activity that started in a Tanach class…but it was far from an exclusive class trip, thanks to a group of collaborative teachers who brought the International Baccalaureate approach to life.
The year course for Mrs. Chani Richmond’s Tanach class is Sefer Shemot: Slavery & Redemption, and the students currently are covering Unit III: Understanding Slavery in Egypt. The Upper School Judaic Studies teacher’s colleagues were all in as soon as she approached them about connecting Tanach’s unit to other areas of study. In language arts class, the students were reading The Egypt Game. In math, the students studied a short unit on ancient Egyptian math and Hieroglyphics, and in science, they learned about Egyptian inventions and contributions to science and medicine.
“It was wonderful to be able to collaborate with other Grade 6 teachers to create an interdisciplinary unit across General and Judaic Studies,” Richmond said. Two students wrote about their experience…
Written By Danit Weitzman and Steffy Weisinger, Grade 6
This past Wednesday, we went to the Bass Museum of Art. There were many interesting things at the Museum. The most interesting part was the Egyptian gallery. It was very cool looking at the Egyptians and learning about their traditions, beliefs, values, and their culture. We were also able to connect the Jews to the Egyptians.
Seeing the mummy was a great experience; we liked it because it was something that we don't get to see very often. We learned that the Egyptians used to take the mummy’s brain out through their nose, and that they would take out the heart and their organs before being mummified. After the Egyptian gallery, we went upstairs for an art tour. The art was made of different materials and the artists used many different amazing art techniques. We would definitely recommend this museum and we would totally go back.