Building a Jewish World - First Session: My name is Yair. What does my name tell about me?

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	Unit 1: First Name
	Session 1: My name is Yair. What does my name tell about me?

In this lesson we will examine what we can learn about a person from his name.
Like all lessons in 'Roots', this lesson is divided into 3 parts.
If you have already completed a part of the lesson, skip to the next part.

Personal Activity

1.	You will look at some first names and make up short biographies about the people.

2.	You will read their real biographies and compare them to the biographies you wrote.

3.	You will enter the Information Center, learn more about stereotypes and pre-conceptions.

Group Activity

1.	We will enter the Group Answer Page and read the biographies our group members wrote.

2.	We will discuss the assumptions which we made.

Interactive Part

1.	We will write the conclusions of our discussion for our friends in the partner group.

2.	We will post a message in the Forum and introduce ourselves. We will tell about the origin of our name, our hobbies and what interests us.

Personal Activity

A. People you do not know

You have received e-mails from three people: Olga, Jacob and Shir.
You discover that you do not know the names.

Before you open the e-mails think about the names and write a short biography about the person.

Consider the following:
Age, mother tongue, origin, place of living, occupation, appearance, hobbies, etc.

Enter the Writing Page

Try this:

Open the e-mails and read them.
In the E-mail Page you can compare the real biographies and those you wrote.

Enter the
E-mail Page

Are you ready?

Answer the following questions:

Where were you right?
Where were you wrong?
What did you learn from this activity?

Complete the Writing Page

B. Learn more

Enter the Information Center and learn more about stereotypes and pre-conceptions.

Enter the
Information Center

Group Activity

A. The biographies we wrote

Enter the Group Answer Page and read the biographies our group members wrote.

Group Answer Page

B. Discussion

Consider the following points and discuss them:

What surprised you in the Group Answer Page?
What is the disadvantage of judging a person only on the basis of his/her first name? Are there any advantages?
Do you remember any time when you were surprised by a person's first name? Why?
How are stereotypes created? How are pre-conceptions created?

Interactive Part

A. The group message

The group manager will write the conclusions of the discussion and sends them to the partner group.

Please NOTE: Only the group manager (in most cases the teacher) can enter this section.
Manager: Log in before you enter the Group Message Page.
The message is automatically sent to the partner group.

If you are not the group manager:
Clicking on the 'Group message' button shows you the message written by your group adminstrator.

Group Message Page

B. Introducing ourselves

Enter the Forum and introduce yourself. Write your first name and your family name, tell about the origin of your name, your hobbies and what interests you.
Ask your friends in the partner group questions.

Enter the Forum

Your mission for the next lesson:
Interview your parents and ask why they chose this particular name for you.

Next Activity (Session 2: My name is Rotem and my grandfather's name is Abraham)

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Credits	שותפים בפרויקט
The Education Department\| The Israel Department The People to People center\| Partnership 2000	המחלקה לחינוך\| המחלקה לישראל המרכז לקשר יהודי גלובלי\| שותפות 2000