These are files that I frequently share with other teachers and administrators, gathered onto one page for easy access.

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Tidepool Magazine: Call for Submissions Students in grades 1-12 in Torah schools, submit your writing and art for publication in a new student magazine

Artist Trading Card Swap Students in orthodox Jewish schools swap their miniature art around the country; sign up here to have your classes participate

Schoolery A to-do list for starting (or running) a girls' high school

High School Directory An overview of the outstanding qualities and other details of Jewish girls' high schools in North America, for principals and parents working to place boarders

Notes from the 2022 Torah U'Mesorah Pre-Convention Effective leadership, board relationships, strategic planning, conversations from the hallway, and more

PD book list Library list of teacher and administrator PD books

Fund-raising tips Notes from the 2022 JCamp180 conference

Baby Bear's Lesson Plan Template A teacher and principal collaborated to design this lesson plan template with the right amount of detail to be helpful to both

Classroom Management for Nice People Strategies for teachers who struggle with being "too nice"

What's My Next PD Goal? A rubric of the essential skills for teaching

What Exactly Do Teachers Do? A short list of the essential components of the job

To-do list for a new teacher A list of things to think about in the summer before teaching

Letter to a Teacher Transferring to Middle School Kodesh How middle schoolers are different from four-year-olds, and a basic approach to the kodesh subjects

Lesson Plan Template Based on Rav Hirsch Objectives, Input, and so on -- based on lashon hakodesh

How to Make Eighth Graders Not Hate You And seventh graders. Working with the natural skepticism of adolescents.

Tanach Yomi A calendar for learning all of Tanach on the Daf Yomi schedule (work in progress)

The Navi Museum  Thematic review activities throughout the year culminate in a museum experience for siblings, parents, and the greater community

Sefer Ezra workbook from camp, although we didn't use it much. At the beginning of each shiur I asked the girls a question about life; they wrote their answers on a post-it; and at the end of the shiur we came back to the opening question and discussed it in light of what we had learned that day from the Navi.

Scavenger hunts: Shoftim, Shmuel Alef, Yishaya, Yoel, Ezra

38 Activities for Learning Navi One year, I used a Montessori-inspired approach to learning Navi. This is a write-up of how our classroom worked.

28 Navi Review Activities A grab-bag of ideas

Biur tefilla tool A color-coding system, inspired by Montessori methods

Tefilla bulletin board A 3-D display template for girls

One Brick A Chanukah play script, about the lives of Rav and Rn. Samson Raphael Hirsch

Mrs. Brown's Five-Foot Shelf A reading list for students, in classics of kodesh (inspired by "Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf" list of secular classics compiled in 1909 by the president of Harvard)

Moriya A Scouting-style curriculum combining kodesh with hands-on skills (work in progress)

Elul Kabbalos worksheet A brainstorming sheet for students to form a personal growth resolution. Thanks to the staff at Chinuch.org who formatted my hand-drawn sheet

Twelve-Year Halacha Curriculum An attempt to fit all essential halachos into twelve years of school

The Taryag Song A list of all 613 mitzvos to aid memorization (in progress)

Gathering Acorns for the Winter A worksheet for isru chag Sukkos

Every Day a Yom Iyun This is more a work of modern art than a curriculum... but hopefully it will spark creative ideas for others. What if every day were a yom iyun?

Teaching Jewish History Resources and thoughts

Eight-Year Jewish History Curriculum A sketch of how Jewish history might be distributed over the eight years of elementary/middle school, from storytime in the younger grades to more sophisticated work in the older

"Book of Centuries" A blank timeline of history, 100 years per page

Biography project Students write up their findings from reading a biography

"A Day in the Life of a Yid in..." Torah Fair Project Students research one era and region of Jewish history (e.g. 13th century Cairo, 19th century America), then present their findings for an audience

Build a Civilization Once you see how they work, design your own, to gain deeper understanding

Chinook Wawa Lessons A textbook for teaching the indigenous language of Oregon

1,000 History Nouns 1,000 people, events, and ideas whose historical significance should (ish...) be familiar to 21st century American Jewish children

Fitting Social Studies into Twelve Years How do we fit all of Jewish & general history into twelve years of education?

How I Teach English A class structure with the focus on writing skills

Ten Elements of Great Writing Questions for writers to ask themselves

Grading Rubric for Writing Assignments How I grade all English papers

Paintings That Demand Backstories A creative writing exercise

500 Better Than Average Books in English

Frog and Toad and the Long Shabbos Afternoon A literary artifact from Covid

10 Years of Art Curriculum All the projects, the daily schedule, a rubric, and a supply list

Behind the Scenes in the Art Room What I teach, and why, and how

Posters for the art room Dress-code compliant, non-religious images from across art history

Fashion design curriculum for middle school girls

Fashion design challenges Design prompts for middle school girls

Liberal Arts Education Passport A list of things I would like my children to have learned by the time they're about 20

Addendum to the Liberal Arts Education Passport Mental health checklist for everyday

Party Planning Handbook How to make a bas mitzvah celebration, in a box

Bas Mitzvah table conversation prompts We sprinkled these on the tables to give guests something interesting to talk about

What's for Dinner? Virtuous, inexpensive meals that take less than ten minutes to cook

Activity Ideas for a Boys' Camp What do typical grade 3-7 boys enjoy besides learning and sports?

Eschuli613 at gmail dot com . I'm happy to field any questions on the materials above, or anything else to do with chinuch. I enjoy coaching teachers.