Comparing news from various sources/Gearing up for Israeli army training!

Hello 5th Grade Families,

Yesterday's class was a spectacular one. We built upon the previous homework assignment and had a discussion about bias in the news. What was different about the tone of the articles you read from both the Israeli and Palestinian news sources?
I found the students' responses to be mature and thoughtful. I was very impressed.

This week's homework on the Israeli army will culminate in class with some Israeli army training! This will help students begin to understand what 18 year old Israelis go through when they graduate high school.

Our class is gearing up to raise money for Yemin Orde, a school for orphans and immigrants in Israel close to Haifa. More on this to come...

Shalom,

Micah and Ariana

Handball Trivia for Chapter 11 - Arabs in Israel

On Tuesday, January 11, we split the class in two and did a second day of review on chapter 11, "Arabs in Israel". After the review we went into the carpeted room and played Trivia Handball, covering material from that chapter. The homework assignment is to read one article from haaretz.com and one from an Arab news source (i.e. english.aljazeera.net). We discussed "tone" in class. What is different about the "tones" of the two articles? Would this article sound different if it were coming from the other side's news source?

-Micah and Ariana