The sixth grade has spent many months learning about the wars Yehoshua raged against the tribes of Canaan. We had many conversations about ancient warfare and the moral justification for the attacks that Bnei Yisrael waged against the tribes of Canaan. The students had really important insights and questions and we all concluded that some of the wars were easier to understand than others.
This past week, we started talking about settling the land. The students were all assigned a tribe to research. They looked at historic and modern maps to locate each tribe’s portion of land. Each student presented their findings to each other. We concluded the unit considering how to settle this land after all this time. What emotions were in play and can we connect to what the Children of Israel felt so long ago.
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Rivky