First Grade Social Justice - Rodeph Shalom - Chasing Peace!

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First Grade
Rodeph Shalom: "Chasing" Peace!

 By Stephanie Rotsky
October 27, 2017
Over the past three weeks, first grade students have explored the mitzvah Rodeph Shalom which can be translated as "chasing" peace! We read and discussed three books: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, The Treehouse by Lois Lowry and Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. Each story presented compelling and creative examples of how an individual (or an animal!) might go about chasing peace/initiating peace toward another.





Students were first challenged to read the mitzvah in Hebrew and then brainstorm together what the word Rodeph might mean and its connection with shalom.









ASK YOUR CHILD... 

What brought about such a transformation with the Big Bad Pig? How did the wolves and the pig initiate peace with one another?

 How was it possible that a tree house almost caused two best friends to stop talking to each other? Were the girls able to solve their problem? How so? In the end...what did they decide was the BEST PART of the treehouse?

 Can a BEST ENEMY become a BEST FRIEND? How did making an Enemy Pie help two boys see each other in new ways?


Working in our Sketch books...

After we read and discuss our spotlighted book each week, students do an artistic connection to the story in their personal sketch books.








Some student sketches from The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig: Students were asked to choose a part of the story that showed the characters "chasing/going after peace."













Some student sketches from Enemy Pie: Students were asked to illustrate something special they have shared with or given to another person and to do the object "larger than life." 

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