TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Institutional Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Organization

Arrangement

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series A: Curricula. 1937-2000.

Series B: Teacher's Guides. 1949-1975.

Series C: Other Files. 1926-1975.


A Finding Aid to the 

Tartak Learning Center Collection 

1926-2000

Manuscript Collection No. 680



Introduction


Title The Tartak Learning Center Collection.

Dates: 1926-2000.

Abstract: The Tartak Learning Center, established in the mid-1970s, is a resource center for educators working in Jewish schools. The Tartak Learning Center Collection contains Jewish education materials dated from 1926 through 2000, including curriculum and teacher's guides

Quantity: 5.6 linear feet;14 Hollinger boxes.

Identification: Manuscript Collection No. 680.

Institutional Sketch

First opened by the Rhea Hirsch School of Education (RHSE) at the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR/LA) in the mid-1970s, the Tartak Learning Center was created to provide a center for teachers to compile lesson plans and teaching tools for use in Jewish day schools and supplementary schools. Throughout its years, the Tartak Learning Center evolved to serve all educators, providing for them a large collection of tools for curriculum development. Today the center serves the educator alumnae of the RHSE as well as the current students of all programs at HUC-JIR/LA who find themselves in need of lesson plans, primary sources for teaching, and curricula. The center houses a collection of every student's work completed through the course work of RHSE as well as the archives of the annual National Association of Temple Educators curriculum contest. The Tartak Learning Center was named for its generous underwriter, Shirley Tartak.

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Scope and Content Note

The Tartak Learning Center Collection consists of a number of materials used in the field of Jewish education. The large amount of teacher's guides and written curricula make up half of the collection, while other resources such as services, youth programs, presentations and literature make up the second half. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title, and chronologically within each subject whenever possible. The span dates for the collection are 1926-2000.

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Organization


The papers are divided into three (3) series:

A. Curricula

B. Teacher's guides

C. Other files

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Arrangement

See description of individual series.

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Restrictions

Access Information

The Tartak Learning Center Collection is open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.

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Administrative Information

Citations

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Tartak Learning Center Collection and the American Jewish Archives.

Provenance

The Tartak Learning Center Collection was donated by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, California in May, 1997.

Processing Information

Processed by Rachel Schwartz, April, 2002.

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Box and Folder Listing















Series A: Curricula 1937-2000.


Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note the collection number, as well as the box and folder numbers shown below.

The curricula series consists of 3 Hollinger boxes of written curricula used in Jewish education classes or created for use in Jewish education classes. Documents include multi-grade guides for supplementary schools as well as curricula written specifically for individual grades or subjects. Span dates are 1937-2000








Box Folder
1 1
American Jewish history. Immigration. 1983.

2
American Jewish history. Immigration. 1990.

3
American Jewish history. Women. 1994.

4
American Jewish history. 1994.

5
American Jewish history. 1996.

6
American Jewish history. 1997.

7
American Jewish history. 2000.

8
American Jewish history. 2000.

9
Bible. n.d.

10
General. 1944-1948.

11
General. 1949.

12
General. 1951-1953.
Box Folder
2 1
General. 1954-1956.

2
General. 1956-1958.

3
General. 1958-1959.

4
General. 1959.

5
General. 1959-1962.

6
General. 1962-1964.

7
General. 1964-1965.
Box Folder
3 1
General. B-L. n.d.

2
General. M-U. n.d.

3
Hebrew. n.d.

4
Junior high. n.d.

5
Primary grades. n.d.

6
Various subjects. n.d.

7
Zionism. n.d.

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Series B: Teacher's guides. 1949-1975.


The teacher's guide series consists of 4 Hollinger boxes of teacher's guides for Jewish education classes. Documents include general teaching and classroom management guidelines as well as guidelines for teaching specific grades and subjects. The series also includes documents on teacher's training. Span dates are 1949-1975.



Box Folder
4 1
Teacher guides. 1949.

2
Teacher guides. 1951-1954.

3
Teacher guides. 1956-1957.

4
Teacher guides. 1957-1959.
Box Folder
5 1
Teacher guides. 1959.

2
Teacher guides. 1960-1963.

3
Teacher guides. 1962-1963.
Box Folder
6 1
Teacher guides. 1963.

2
Teacher guides. 1963-1969.

3
Teacher guides. 1971-1972.

4
Teacher guides. 1974-1975.
Box Folder
7 1
Teacher guides. General. n.d.

2
Teacher guides. Hebrew. n.d.

3
Teacher guides. Prayer. n.d.

4
Teacher guides. Various subjects. n.d.

5
Teacher's training. n.d.

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Series C: Other Files. 1926-1975.


The other files series consists of 7 Hollinger boxes of various material relating to Jewish education. Documents include class materials for multiple subjects, literature on a range of topics, confirmation presentations, youth services and youth programming, as well as religious school catalogues, reports and studies and text analyses. Span dates are 1926-1975.



Box Folder
8 1
Bar mitzvah; bat mitzvah.

2
Catalogs. Religious school.

3
Class materials. Bible.

4
Class materials. Bible. n.d.

5
Class materials. Confirmation.
Box Folder
9 1
Class materials. Hebrew.

2
Class materials. Holidays.

3
Class materials. Prayer.

4
Class materials. Study guides.

5
Congregational guides; community guides.

6
Correspondence. Parents.

7
Jewish Book Month.
Box Folder
10 1
Literature. Education. General.

2
Literature. Jewish education. Adult Jewish education.

3
Literature. Jewish education. Bible.

4
Literature. Jewish education. Confirmation.

5
Literature. Jewish education. Curriculum.

6
Literature. Jewish education. Day schools.

7
Literature. Jewish education. General. 1945-1960.

8
Literature. Jewish education. General. 1961-1975.
Box Folder
11 1
Literature. Jewish education. General. Jewish Education and Jewish Identity: Colloquium Papers.

2
Literature. Jewish education. General. Talks to Jewish Teachers.

3
Literature. Jewish education. Goals.

4
Literature. Jewish education. Hebrew.

5
Literature. Jewish education. Prayer.

6
Literature. Jewish education. Supplementary schools.

7
Literature. Jewish education. Teaching.
Box Folder
12 1
Literature. Religious education. A Religion of their own: Aims and Techniques of the Liberal Church and Church School.

2
Minutes. Committee meetings.

3
National Council for Jewish Education.

4
Presentations. Confirmation.

5
Presentations. Confirmation. n.d.

6
Presentations. Youth.

7
Reports; studies. Confirmation.

8
Reports; studies. General.
Box Folder
13 1
Services. Camp.

2
Services. Chanukah. Youth.

3
Services. Confirmation.

4
Services. High holy days. Youth.

5
Services. Youth.

6
Services. Shabbat. Hillel.

7
Services. Shabbat. Youth.

8
Services. Sukkot; Shemini Atzeret. Youth.

9
Services. Thanksgiving. Youth.
Box Folder
14 1
Text and resource lists.

2
Textbook analyses.

3
The Union College Character Research Project.

4
The Union College Character Research Project. Kit of procedure.

5
Youth programming.

6
Youth programming. Wise Temple youth group.

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