Lesson Summary:

This lesson emphasizes the importance of respecting others and their opinions. Students will delve deeper into their understandings of friendship and compromise, and work on a collaborative project to apply what they have learned.

This lesson is part of a unit called "Teaching Tolerance" from www.LearningToGive.org, a resource that offers philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement. 

 Lesson Purpose: 

Using a traditional Jewish text as its basis, this lesson emphasizes the importance of sharing in a relationship.

*lesson utilizes Pirkei Avot 5:13, and while the English text is provided, some educators might with to use the Hebrew or a different translation, which can be accessed HERE.

Unit Purpose:
This unit encourages students to think beyond themselves and to treat others with tolerance and respect. Using Biblical and Rabbinic texts as a basis, students explore appropriate ways to relate to others. Students will then focus on issues of discrimination and tolerance, both in fictional and non-fictional situations.

Focus questions: What does it mean to compromise? What does it mean to be a good friend? What does it mean to be tolerant of others?

The other lessons in this unit are:
Love Your Neighbor: All The Rest Is Commentary
Bringing Tolerance to Our Beaches