Ages Grades 5+
Length 60-90 minutes | Single Session
Best for intimate classroom presentation
Through story and song, this classroom program introduces students to the richness and complex histories of Jewish cultures from the Ottoman Empire.
What might many today find surprising about the relationships between Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Ottoman Empire? What assumptions might such surprises disrupt?
What might Jewish communities of the Ottoman Empire suggest about multiethnic societies today?
What is it about these stories that makes them live on in our imaginations, even when they come from very different times and places?
Teaching Resources
An All-Too-Brief Introduction to Ladino (Sephardic) Song
Sephardic Field Recording Archive
Sephardic Studies at University of Washington, Seattle (including Digital Museum)
The Forgotten Kingdom — Multimedia production scene guide
Calling a Fig a Fig: Navigating Tensions Between Cultural Curation & Artistic Creation
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