What if the world suddenly flipped upside down? Learning from the Jews of Shushan who knew that the world can be topsy-turvy, threatening life at one moment and affirming it in the next.
Essential Questions
How are masks or dressing up used in the Megillah?
In what ways do masks hide parts of ourselves? How do they also show who we really are?
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to cite examples of people hiding and revealing in the Megillah.
Students will be able to portray their real selves behind their masks.
Audience
This activity was written for elementary school students
For students high school aged and up, see the sheet "Masks that Conceal; Masks that Reveal - A Text Study and Mask-Making Activity" https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/294281?lang=bi
Supplies for the activity
Texts to study
Paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.
This is the teacher guide for a Purim scavenger hunt activity. Travel through the megillah by answering clues until your students find a (virtual) prize.