Distance Learning with Unpacked for Educators
We’re here to help with remote teaching in the coming weeks.
Many educational institutions are closed temporarily as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. To help with your distance learning needs, we’ve put together a selection of tools and resources to keep students engaged while they’re at home.
Videos & Quizzes
Share our content with your students and deepen their knowledge with easy to run Kahoot! quizzes.
Classes
Let our educators carry some of the burden and have your students join others from schools around the globe.
How-To Webinars
Learn best practices for using videos, films and our resources as part of your distance learning toolbox.
Feature-Length Films
Watch our award-winning films and facilitate conversation using our educational screening guides.
Videos & Quizzes
We picked our top videos for sharing with your students. Each video contains additional teaching resources, activities, Kahoot! quizzes, and discussion questions that can be used for review.
The Women of Zionism
You’ve heard of Golda Meir, but there are many lesser-known women who contributed significantly to the State of Israel, before and after its establishment.
The Jewish Connection to the Land
The West Bank is better known in Israel as Judah and Samaria. Why do the Jewish People have their own name for this area of Israel?
Herzl: The Zionist Dream of a Jewish State
A telling of Herzl’s story, from his experience at the infamous Dreyfus Affair to his eventual establishment of the annual Zionist Congress in 1897.
Rescuing the Wandering Jew
A discussion on the “ingathering of exiles” or “kibbutz galuyot,” the Jews Israel brought from around the world to their homeland since its inception.
What is Zionism?
Zionism, a relatively recent term coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1891, is the ideology that the Jewish people should return to their national homeland. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, there’s a lot more to it.
Weird Ways Israel Won its War of Independence
This video focuses on two critical pieces of Israel’s War of Independence: the Davidka cannon and the Burma road.
Capturing Eichmann: Operation Finale
In 1961, Israel captured one of the greatest villains of the 20th century, the architect of “The Final Solution,” Adolf Eichmann. This class discusses Israel’s initiative, process and action.
What are the Israeli Settlements?
This video is the first in a mini-series about settlements. It lays down the background of what settlements are, when they began, and what led up to their creation.
1972 Olympics: The Munich Massacre
The story of “Black September”: the terrorists’ actions; the botched German rescue attempt; the international reaction; and Israel’s response.
History of Hatikvah, Israel’s National Anthem
While some students may be familiar with the words of Hatikvah, do they know their meaning, or the anthem’s complex backstory?
How to Kahoot! Remotely
Using Kahoot! in a classroom setting is a breeze, and there are two easy ways to run Kahoot! games for remote teaching. Check out our guide that explains how to use Kahoot! with online learning.
Classes
30-minute classes led by our educators on a variety of topics, available for streaming anytime.
Dr. Noam Weissman
Senior Vice President of Education
Avi Posen
Assistant Director of Education
How-To Webinar
Learn best practices for using videos, films and our resources as part of your distance learning toolbox.
Feature-Length Films
For the next few weeks, the educational screening licenses for all of our feature films are FREE!
New to Unpacked for Educators?
Our website is packed with educational resources you can use for online teaching.
Videos
All of our videos come complete with questions for discussion, reflection, and review, plus further learning activities.
The Weekly
Our popular weekly newsletter analyzes Israeli current events, and contains many supplementary materials to help you build a lesson plan.
Review: Summation and questions to reinforce understanding.
1 of 6Reflection & discussion questions to get students talking.
2 of 6Learning activities.
3 of 6Further Reading: Additional external materials.
4 of 6Download or print the full educational guide.
5 of 6Ready-to-use Kahoots! for additional learning
6 of 6FAQs
What's the best way to create lessons with your videos?
Using Google Classroom (or whatever system you have set up), share a link to our video or film with your students. Make use of all our supporting materials to create discussions, questions for review, and Kahoot! quizzes.
How can I Kahoot! with distance learning?
Using Kahoot! in a classroom setting is a breeze, and there are two easy ways to run Kahoot! games for remote teaching. Check out our guide that explains how to use Kahoot! with online learning.
Are the live classes for teachers, or for students?
All of the live classes will be run by our educators, for you AND your entire class.
How to I sign up for a live class?
How will students join live class sessions?
After you register for a live class, we’ll email you a link for joining the class on Zoom. Share that link with your students and ask them to join the Zoom 5 minutes before the start of the class.
Students will be able to join in with audio or by texting in the Zoom chat to ask questions and participate.
Are all your feature films really free?
Yes! You can share our feature films with your classroom for free. The streaming link will be available to you for as long as precautionary health measures are being taken with distance learning.
I need some help integrating distance learning, how can I get in touch?
Send us a message, and one of our educators will be in touch. We’re all in this together.
