Teaching Resources

Print beautiful flags with the Yom Ha'atzmaut posters from the National Library of Israel's collections to decorate your classroom

Discuss letters written by children during times of war and try to understand the writers' thoughts and emotions

Watch this video to learn more interesting facts about the Israeli anthem.

Join us on a fascinating journey through the history of Simchat Torah flags: From the Middle Ages, through the early Zionist movement and to this very day

Explore ketubot from different times and places and learn how artistic design can reflect one's values and identity

Is tashlich an opportunity to be introspective and repent, or just an easy way to clear your concious? Learn more about the debate!

From the surrender of Spain to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond, they were there

What is special about Shabbat and how do you celebrate it?

Teachers Talk About NLI Primary Sources - Netanel Burstin - Map of Erez Israel & Syria

Watch rare footage taken by pioneer Zionist pilots in pre-state Israel. View the Land of Israel on an aerial tour as you have never seen it before.

What can Shana Tova cards tell you about different Jewish communities and time periods? What greetings would you write on a card?

Explore Israel’s agriculture and advertising campaigns that encouraged Israelis to buy certain foods in different time periods.

Years after chazan (cantor) Zalman Pollack was a star of the Jewish world, his life's work was rediscovered...

Discover how to use primary sources to enrich your teaching and prepare your learners for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?

Explore texts and primary sources that highlight the idea of support and solidarity between Jewish people around the world in different times in history.

Learn about Sukkot in the past and connect it to how we celebrate Sukkot today.

How much did you notice about the village?

What are the strange biblical origins of the term "scapegoat"? And what does it have to do with the Jewish Day of Atonement?

Get a chance to hear recordings from Jewish holiday and life cycle events across time and place.

Can you solve this Megillah Mystery? Four scenes from this seventeenth-century Italian Megillat Esther are missing some words.

Who inspired hundreds of young athletes and continues to be a role model to those who wish to combine a career with motherhood?

Research a community to discover its unique history and customs!

Discover how to use primary sources to enrich your teaching and prepare your learners for Sukkot and Simchat Torah

Go back in history and take a look at some of the posters that were created in the early years of the State of Israel.

Examine this election poster and explore the differences between political parties and their ideologies in the young new State of Israel.

What can you learn about Jewish life of families in 1867 Germany from peeking into their Sukkah?

Ever wonder what Rabbis do? Now you have the chance to find out

Discover some interesting items depicting different aspects of Israel through cartoons, posters, and even a recipe booklet for times of emergency

As well as being a visionary, Herzl was a journalist and used his skills in public relations to further his goal: the establishment of a state for the Jewish people.

The content varies depending on the group organizing the event and can include a lecture, singing, refreshments, or any other type of entertainment.

Analyze this Yom Hazikaron Poster for Fallen Soldiers. The main image in this poster is Michael Elkayam.

Read all about this influential figure and then arrange the significant milestones of his life in this digital activity.

Analyze letters written by children during times of war and try to understand the writers' thoughts and emotions.

What are American basketball players doing in Israel?

Step back in time to the the Roman Jewish community in the 1400s to consider the effect illustrations can have on the prayer experience.

Explore the role of women during the Yom Kippur War. 

Follow the journey of the Ethiopian Oriyt from Ethiopia, through the deserts of Sudan, all the way to the National Library of Israel.

Can you solve the riddles? Take a look at primary sources that connect to the festivals of Tishrei and guess which riddle they match!

Listen carefully to tunes and prayers and guess what communities they are from and what rituals they are part of

Discover your roots! Research your family history and create a family tree!

Compare resources which depict the same event but in a distinct way, and reflect on the meaning of the differences.

This geography and Tanach teacher from Jerusalem talks about how she uses historic illustrated maps of the Exodus in her classroom.

In this video, we will give you useful tips on how you can use them in your teaching. Choose any of the NLI's resources and analyze them with your students!

Explore how you can analyze primary sources and discover hidden information.

How a women's protest group made a difference by raising the cause of Soviet Jewish political prisoners during the Cold War

Can you identify the places? Jerusalem, then and today. Click to flip the pictures!

Just prior to his 27th birthday, the modest red-headed lieutenant colonel was abroad for the first time, reluctantly part of the Israeli negotiating team on the Greek isle of Rhodes. He had never worn a suit.

On Chanukah Jewish kids all over the world play with dreidels. We invite you to discover the origin of the famous Chanukah game.

What makes Jewish newspapers special and important, and what would you include in yours?

Discover different maps of Jerusalem created in different times of history.

What ideas are expressed in the commandments, and what would you choose as your top ten values?

Through food ads, “get a taste” of the foods that are customary in different Jewish communities

Ever wonder what community leaders do? Now you have the chance to find out!

This on-demand webinar explores the centrality of rituals in Israeli culture and discusses new initiatives for commemoration.

In this lesson, you will uncover the meaning of the slogan "Let My People Go" which was used by the Soviet Jewry movement to allow Jews to immigrate to Israel.

Watch how Israeli politics evolved visually throughout history, as we look through different parties and their election materials.

What makes a chanukiya a chanukiya? What does the choice of material and design teach us about the time and place it was made?

Teachers Talk About NLI Primary Sources - Netanel Burstin - Photo of the celebration of the establishment of the State of Israel, Arch of Titus, Rome, 1948.

How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?

Design your own model community by choosing which infrastructures, organizations, and people are key to a successful Jewish community

Get a glimpse into Golda Meir’s life and her role as the prime minister of Israel in turbulent times

Explore our responsibility to each other within the community and to then try to put what you learned into practice

Explore the concept of moral courage through an examination of the story of the midwives in Exodus and the lives of Holocaust rescuers

In 1972, one woman - Sally Priesand - made American and Jewish history. Find out who she was and what she did to change history!

Learn how Israel has absorbed immigrants from around the world and helped them adjust to their new country by teaching them Hebrew.

Learn how a traditional Jewish prayer melody inspired everyone - from classical composers to filmmakers to psychedelic rock bands.

What's the best way to keep track of the Omer and not loose count?

Photographs of the life and work of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as a politician and family man.

Play our trivia game to find out about what Sigd celebrates and how it is marked today.

The piyut (Jewish liturgical poem) “Atem Yotze’i Ma’arav” is beautifully documented by Rabbi David Buzaglo, who describes the tangible feeling of human connectedness on this special holiday.

Take a journey through the works and life of Chana Senesh, Jewish soldier and poet

Are you a pragmatist or a philosopher? Are you more like Herzl or Weizmann? Find out in this personality quiz!

In 1977 Farede Yazazao Aklum cooperated with the State of Israel to bring his people home - like the Ethiopian Moses.

Letters written by Israeli children during the 1973 war reveal how they experienced one of the nation's most challenging periods.

To Have and to Hold: at the start of their studies, children in Morocco went through a symbolic wedding ceremony to bond them forever with the Torah.

Analyze photographs and study classical Jewish texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of the Arba Minim and Sukkot.

The story of Purim has earned recognition for its perceived feminist message. Get a glimpse into the lives of other Jewish women in the past.

In this video, a literature teacher Gal Man-Dror presents one of her favorite primary sources from the National Library: a Simchat Torah's flag from the Conservative movement, printed in 2013.

Design your own Shana Tova card inspired by illustrations and texts from historical cards!

This webinar discusses how learning personal stories can help contextualize and forge connections to grand historical events.

In the early 20th century, there was a major Zionist effort to turn this day of grief and sadness into one of hope, renewal and redemption.

This puzzle features stamps made for Tu Bishvat. Can you identify all the ways to celebrate Tu Bishvat featured on the stamps?

Record a meaningful oral history of a family member and get a personal glimpse into historical events, as well as our own history and identity.

Master your visual recall!

Why do we eat such weird foods on Rosh HaShanah? Watch this video to find out! Video courtesy of Kan - the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

When cholera ran rampant, saving lives superseded all else.

In this unit you will discuss the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of these sources for historical research.

Shir LaShalom (Song of Peace) was written in 1969. It is very popular in Israel and serves as the unofficial anthem of the Israeli peace movement, particularly since becoming associated with the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Create your own unique dreidel with the custom-made NLI illustrations by the artist Einav Vaisman.

Match the clue to the image on this 1949 WIZO election poster and reflect on how the early Zionist vision of equal work compares to today.

How did newspapers around the world report the birth of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948? How would you announce it today?

This quizz will help you to figure out what Jewish holiday you are!

Take a look at a family sitting in their sukkah and celebrating sukkot and try to find as many things from the list as you can

Which city was not part of the Jewish state? Click on the cities that were not part of the Jewish state according to the partition plan.