Rebecca Video

Meet Rebecca

Rebecca Rubin is a nine-year-old living in New York in 1914 where she was born after her parents and grandparents, Russian Jews, immigrated to America. One of five children, she feels like the odd one out - her fourteen-year-old twin sisters think she is too young to go anywhere with them, and she has little in common with her two brothers. Rebecca longs to be more grown up - to be able help light the candles on the Sabbath, and see movies with her sisters.

Day One

Everyone started by shaping their own Challa bread

Crochet while reading the book (choice to read this book during class, due to it is new and hard to find).

Snack (eating the bread they made)

Explained the Friday Sabbath tradition. Watched several clips on each part of the ceremony

Work on Notebooks/Lapbook parts

Day Two

Crochet while finishing the book

Dressed in a scarf and made a rabbit brooch (copied out of the book)

Went through the whole Passover ceremony

Each girl received their own Sabbath kit:

Candle holder, candle, wine/juice goblet, fake bread, plate, bread covering

Included lunch

Immigration Talk/Map

Re-act immigration

Books I used:

Made own lapbook pages using the the template from www.homeschoolshare.com

Used some from the passover lapbook:

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/passover_lapbook.php
Meet Rebecca Rubin

Samantha's Video

Meet Samantha

Samantha Parkington is a bright, compassionate girl living with her wealthy grandmother in 1904. It's an exciting time of change in America, and Samantha's world is filled with frills and finery, parties and play. But Samantha sees that times are not good for everybody. That's why she tries to make a difference in the life of her friend Nellie, a servant girl whose life is nothing like Samantha's!

Day One
Gave each girl a large hair bow-purple
Started with History Lesson while girls cut out paperdolls
Made a decopage frame.
Decorated Gingerbread men for snack time
Made silhouette pictures of all the girl's head (just traced, cut out and added to their lapbooks)
Played the Va Vios game--Living Pictures

Day Two
Dressed girls in big white bows and white pinafores
Added a heart shape locket(as in book, movie had a locket necklace) and black gaiters w/black socks (to look like boots)
Worked on lapbooks and history
Played games: Whisper, Tea Table, and Taboo
Had a tea party lunch
Watched the Samantha movie

Used lapbook templates from www.homeschoolshare.com
Used books:
Meet Samantha
Samantha Learns a Lesson
Samantha's World