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Curriculum resource for the exhibition Are We There Yet? 5000 Years of Answering Questions with Questions, on view Mar 31–Jul 31, 2011 at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco.

Inspired by the act of questioning celebrated in The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) exhibition Are We There Yet?, this cirriculum explores the purpose and impact of personal questions, illuminates the importance of questions in Jewish tradition, and encourages students to consider the power of questioning to affect social change.

Designed for students in grades 7–12, the curriculum may be used in conjunction with a Museum visitor or as a stand-alone experience.

about this resource

This curriculum was co-developed with seven Bay Area educators who partook in a year-long LINK fellowship at The CJM and Museum education staff. These fellows include: Jessica Alper, Minna Dubin, Marilyn Heiss, Harrison Krat, Dan Lange, Josh Levine, and Erez Saldinger. Fraidy Aber and Janine Okmin from The CJM staff also worked on this curriculum.

The curriculum includes three lesson plans, a culminating activity, source materials and handouts.

Table of Contents

 

  • Preface
  • Lesson I: The Power of Questioning and Finding Ourselves in the Process
  • Lesson II: The People of the Questions
  • Lesson III: Questioning and Social Change
  • Culmination Activity
  • Source Materials and Student Handouts
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supporters

Are We There Yet? 5000 Years of Answering Questions with Questions is a collaboration between Ken Goldberg, Gil Gershoni, and The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. The project has been made possible with special seed funding from the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation. Major support has been provided by the Jim Joseph Foundation. Additional support generously provided by Meyer Sound Laboratories Inc.

Koret and Taube Foundations are the lead supporters of the 2010–11 exhibition season.

This curriculum and LINK fellowship were made possible with an ignition grant from The Covenant Foundation. School and Teacher programs are made possible by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.