This curriculum guide (click for full curriculum guide) focuses on the essential question of all essential questions: What Is My Unique Potential? Through the course of studying the Book of Genesis, learners will become impassioned with the idea of discovering one’s life purpose by acknowledging, embracing and developing tools to navigate the road to adulthood. The various characters of Genesis, their stories and complexities are the primary driving force for this curriculum guide. Using various pertinent texts this curriculum guide encourages learners to look inward, reflect on their strengths, and engage in thinking that could orient them toward the pursuit of their Unique Potential.
Confirmation is a crucial part of the Jewish lifecycle. While Jewish adulthood begins at the B’nai Mitzvah, engaging in the true depth and breadth that make up the moral complexities of adulthood often requires time, maturity and life experience. Engagement in these moral complexities requires an active participant who is willing to grow both as a person and as a Jew. It is the intention of this curriculum to develop a tool box for individuals to forge their own path in this regard toward determining who they are meant to be. The idea of confirming one’s Judaism is a beautiful and empowering act and the consequences of such a decision have the potential to be life changing. Throughout the course, learners will be asked to analyze the choices that confront the various characters and stories of the Book of Genesis and assess the outcomes of said decisions. In doing so, learners will have the opportunity to determine their values and shape the way they understand themselves. Learners will have the opportunity to navigate complex moral questions with the expressed goal of discovering their own unique passions and capabilities.
COURSE ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS
Confronting the world’s moral complexity in a godly way embodies our obligations as Jews.
Calibrating the internal compass of one’s personal values illumines a path toward one’s Unique Potential.
The discovery of and tending to one’s Unique Potential is the canvas upon which one illustrates one's life.
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