1. Historical documents can only be understood in the context in which they were written – who wrote them, when, why and for whom were they written.
2. Those historical documents that have survived are generally those that have significance beyond their specific time period. What is fundamentally important transcends time and place.
3. In addition to written documentation, history is illuminated by examining artifacts of everyday life.

The Lesson Plans

	Jews Permitted to Stay in New Amsterdam
	Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Savannah
	A Visit to New York's Jewish Community
	Suppliers to the Revolution
	George Washington Visits Newport
	“With Us There is Still Some Sabbath . . .”
	Encounter with a Peddler
	Beginnings of Conservative Judaism
	HIAS Offers Aid to New Arrivals
	My First American Clothing
	The Yiddish Press
	Immigrant Café Society
	Open Immigration Suspended
	Call for a New American Judaism
	The Law of Return
	Growing Up Jewish in America
	American Jews Proud of Israel’s Victory
	Contemporary Commentary
	The Impact of Feminism on American Jewish Life
	Declaration of Independence