The Makor Project K–5 Lesson
Teacher cut-sheet

Freeze-Frame Cards

Doing Good: Jewish Values · Grades 3–5

For the teacher

Cut the six cards apart. Each group of 4 or 5 draws one card. Four minutes to build a frozen picture, no words, no moving. Then each group freezes for 20 seconds while the class makes three guesses at the word. Two groups with the same word is fine: one word, many actions.
1
The value
Tzedakah
tseh-DAH-kah
Fair giving. Giving to someone who needs it, because they are owed it.
The placeThe cafeteria
Show it without words.Who needs something? Who notices? Freeze at the moment it happens.
2
The value
Chesed
KHEH-sed
Kindness that asks nothing back.
The placeThe bus
Show it without words.Who needs something? Who notices? Freeze at the moment it happens.
3
The value
Bal Tashchit
bahl tahsh-KHEET
Do not waste. Take care of what you have and what the world has.
The placeThe park
Show it without words.What could get wasted or wrecked here? Who stops it? Freeze there.
4
The value
Chesed
KHEH-sed
Kindness that asks nothing back.
The placeA new kid's first day
Show it without words.Who needs something? Who notices? Freeze at the moment it happens.
5
The value
Bal Tashchit
bahl tahsh-KHEET
Do not waste. Take care of what you have and what the world has.
The placeThe classroom
Show it without words.What could get wasted or wrecked here? Who stops it? Freeze there.
6
The value
Tzedakah
tseh-DAH-kah
Fair giving. Giving to someone who needs it, because they are owed it.
The placeThe playground
Show it without words.Who needs something? Who notices? Freeze at the moment it happens.