Illustration from the 1800s of the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai, Hamadan, Iran

Discovering Purim: A Supplemental Curriculum from Diarna is a package of lessons designed by Diarna researcher and Wellesley Alumna Yael Gafni to enhance learning about Purim in the classroom. It seeks to educate students in Grades 4-7 about the physical context of the Purim story by allowing them to actively engage in the research process. Students decide for themselves the modern location of Shushan and learn to navigate its streets using the Google Earth layer developed by Diarna. They also can view photos from Diarna’s collection and watch an exclusive interview with Yassi (Elias) Gabbay, the architect who in the 1970s restored the traditional Tomb of Mordechai and Esther. This is the first in a series of curricula currently in development.

See Diarna’s Purim Curriculum below, and click here to download its accompanying Google Earth layer.

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