After learning about Roger Williams, the concept of religious freedom, which was truly novel back then, and thinking about what a new Jewish community would need to establish itself, we journeyed to Newport to visit Touro Synagogue. Many of the students remembered being there for their siddur ceremony in first grade. Our tour guide did a wonderful job engaging the class with questions. Their understanding of life in Colonial Providence Plantations was detectable as they made connections from what we've been learning in the classroom to what they were hearing at Touro.
Their behavior was so exceptional that they earned another letter! In total they now have "Fifth Grade ROC." After the KS, we'll have a party. :-)
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