Teaching with Defiance: Part 1
JPEF Materials
Click to download JPEF course materials, or select arrows for a description and to leave a comment/question.
Community Submitted Materials
Share links with other educators to related resources such as lesson plans, additional background materials, etc. You can link to web pages or documents you uploaded to a file-sharing site (user-submitted).
Ethics
Teaching with Defiance: Part 1
Use the motion picture 'Defiance' – the true story of four brothers who rescued 1,200 Jews – to teach History, Leadership, Ethics, Primary Sources and Jewish Values.
Includes 20 classroom-appropriate scenes and can be used with or without the full-length film.
306
Educators Enrolled
Running Time: 33:17
Credit Hours: 1
- Lesson Prep for:
Teaching with 'Defiance' lesson plan
Ethics and the film 'Defiance' study guide
Tuvia Bielski study guide - Recommended for:
History, English, Film Studies, Ethics, Leadership, Jewish Values
Free
Includes
- 34:03 minute video divided into 4 chapters
- 8 Downloadable study guides for grades 9-12 and above
- Desktop and mobile access
- Certificate of Completion
- 1 Credit hours towards free CEUs (10 credit hours = 1 CEU)
Interactive Features
- Appropriate for classroom use
- Start and stop any time
- Optional quizzes to qualify for course credits
What Will I Learn?
- How to use JPEF’s Teaching with 'Defiance' Lesson plan and study guides to teach one or more 35-60 minute classes based on the film 'Defiance' -- the inspiring, but little known story of the Bielski partisans, starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber
- How the Bielskis brothers escaped to the forest and started the largest all-Jewish partisan group of World War II.
- Challenges the Bielski partisans faced to fight back against the Nazis and their collaborators, while rescuing more than 1,200 Jews – more Jews than Oskar Schindler kept from the death camps.
- Techniques for fostering comprehension and critical thinking skills using the resources provided within this course
- Background information and additional information beyond what is covered in the study guides to answer student questions in greater depth
- Suggestions for how to extend the lessons
About this Course
Q: What is the video course about?
A: This two-part video course provides teacher tips and step-by-step instructions so you can use JPEF’s Bielski Partisans / 'Defiance' curricula right away with your students.
Part One introduces the Bielski Partisans and covers the Ethics 'Defiance' and Tuvia Bielski study guides.
See Part Two for how to Use JPEF’s Teaching with 'Defiance' multimedia lesson plan to teach History, Leadership, Ethics and Jewish values.
Q: Who is it for?
A: This is an advanced JPEF E-Learning course. You should be familiar with JPEF's 'Resistance Basics' video course before proceeding.
Q: What resources are included in this video course?
A: The core curricula includes JPEF’s Tuvia Bielski study guide, Ethics and 'Defiance' study guide and Teaching with 'Defiance' multimedia lesson plan.
The study guides can be used on their own. To use the multimedia lesson plan you will need a copy of the film 'Defiance' or order JPEF’s Teaching with 'Defiance' Educator DVD. Refer to the video course for more information.
Q: How do these materials support learning?
A: These materials provide the basis for whole class discussion, partner study, written response, research projects, and creative extensions that will expand the way students think about History, Ethics, Leadership and Jewish Values.
Much of the curricula includes text study drawn from Western and Jewish sources (appropriate for both public and religious schools) accompanied by critical thinking questions about the issues partisans faced, and how students might apply these lessons to their own lives.
Q: How is the course structured?
A: This course uses a "do, then teach model" showing how the lesson is used in the classroom, then explaining the theory behind it, as well as suggestions for customizing the lesson.
Part One is divided into four chapters, with quizzes at the end of most chapters to test and reinforce comprehension. Teachers who score 80% or more on the quizzes can earn free credit hours and CEUs through Touro College.
Chapters
- 1. Introduction and Goals (11:18)
- 2. The Bielski Brothers (08:26)
- 3. The Bielskis After the War (04:50)
- 4. Ethics and 'Defiance' Discussion Guide (09:29)
Feedback
5.0
Community
Have a comment, question or answer? Share it here with fellow educators and JPEF staff.
- Sign in or Create account to post comments.
Raymond Holder
Great resources to use with an incredible film!
Christi Schultz
Jessica Carlton
I like the additional background and teaching suggestions
Lou Yelgin
Gordon Biggerstaff
Samuel Elias Wallmannsberger
Thomas DeCou
Vanessa Ferrin
Once again, you should use words like "german army" or "Nazi's" instead of "germans"--a word which when used in the context your using it in implies that being german inherently makes one racist and dangerous.
Junaid Qaiser
Very insightful
Diana Wendell
MIRTA LIPSZYC
Leonora Buskin
Eddie Henkle
Abby Basile
James Carroll
Alexander Strugatsky
Very good course, important subject, and a very much needed point of view. My only [big] disappointment was bringing up quotes by Obama, a known anti-Semite, hater of Israel and, by all measures, not a figure to look up to.
Gina Haggard
Maria Balaguer
This was a new experience for me and I found the whole experience very useful. It is an easy and engaging way to obtain knowledge.
Jeff Schwarz
The eLearning course gives easy step-by-step instructions on how to use materials. I will use film excerpts and partisan testimonials, as well as the explanation of aforementioned different teaching methods.
- Sign in or Create account to post reviews.
Sign In or Create Account to Continue
Thank you for taking this preview of JPEF's Teaching with Defiance: Part 1 E-Learning course.
To continue this course and qualify for free CEUs, please sign in or create an account.