About This Lesson
THEMES:
Humor, Judaism, Biography, Family
CURRICULUM TIE-INS:
Judaism, Passover, Holidays, Folktales, Humor, American History, Community Life
SYNOPSIS:
A modern folktale set in the Jewish community of the author’s great-grandparents in the early twentieth century, SHLEMIEL CROOKS introduces young readers to the history of Passover, as Pharaoh and a town of Jewish immigrants play tug-of-war with wine made from grapes left over from the Exodus from Egypt.
Great in depth lesson!