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20 - Judaism 1
Monday, October 10, 2005
7th Grade History (GCP)
Mr. Lindy
Objectives:
1. SWBAT identify the most important words and ideas in Judaism.
2. SWBAT organize the major events in Jewish history in order.
Essential Question:
“Who gets to decide what beliefs are a part of a religion?”
Opening: (8 minutes)
- Hallway - reminder about hands in the air during Do Now
- Do Now (5 minutes)
- HW = checked for completion
- Go over Do Now questions (3 minutes)
- Hook: religion = major force in determining why events in history happen
Tonight’s HW: (3 minutes)
- Distribute
- Instructions and Questions
- Get organized
Pre-reading Routine (5 minutes)
- investment - class is about power, take knowledge from ANY kind of text
- chant reminder
- predictions on hidden skeleton / graphic organizer
- time to finish prediction / connections w/ partners
Shared Reading: (10 minutes)
- distribute classwork #2 (graphic organizer)
- practice with section #1
- title in own words
- illustration
- hand gesture
Paired Reading: (20 minutes)
- read while trading at will (within paragraph)
- ideas for section before moving on
- no drawing / acting until entire section is complete
- SET THIS EXPECTATION UP FIRST
Closing: (5 minutes)
- Word Wall: Polytheism, Monotheism, Torah
- Timeline: Canonization of Hebrew Bible
Exit Slip:
A. Moses
D. Torah completed
B. Abraham E. HB canonized
C. Israel
F. Exile
Put in order:
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Name: __________________________________
October 10, 2005
Do Now
History - ____
Do Now #28
Introduction to Judaism
Objectives:
1. I will be able to describe the most important ideas in the Jewish religion.
2. I will be able to organize the major events in Jewish history in chronological order.
Essential Question: “Who gets to decide what beliefs are a part of a religion?”
Dear Pride of 2011,
Welcome back from your weekend! We are entering the third part of our unit on
belief systems … religions! We will be studying the three major monotheistic
(pronounced mon -- oh -- thee -- iss -- tick) religions of the world. A religion is
monotheistic if it believes that there is only one God. The three major monotheistic
religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
As we study all three of these religions, remember our definition from earlier in
the unit. Religions are belief systems that have a text (book). Think about what makes
religions different from myths.
It will be important for us this week to remember the two “hidden skeletons”
(graphic organizers) we have already learned this year. Take a look at both of them:
Do remember their names?
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2.
3.
4.
What are we studying in the third part of our unit on belief systems? _____________
What do we call a religion if it has only one God? ____________________________
What do you imagine a polytheistic religion might have? _______________________
What are the names of the two “hidden skeletons”?
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Vocabulary:
Monotheism
Polytheism
Torah
Above and Beyond: What polytheistic belief systems have we already studied?
Name: __________________________________
October 10, 2005
Classwork
History - ____
Classwork #28
Introduction to Judaism
Judaism is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion. People who follow the religion of
Judaism are called Jews, just like people who follow Christianity are called Christians. The
world’s first Jew was a man named Abraham who is said to have been born near the border
of what is today Iraq and Iran. Jews believe that God spoke to Abraham and told him to
leave his home and travel to the land of Canaan (what is today Israel). Jews also believe
that God told Abraham to destroy his fathers shrines to other Gods and worship only the
one God.
Jews lived in Canaan for many generations. Eventually, many moved into Egypt, and
after many more generations, the kings of Egypt (called Pharoahs) made the Jews slaves.
Jews believe that they remained slaves until a man named Moses led them to freedom.
Jews call Moses their most important prophet (someone to whom God speaks). Jews believe
that Moses led the Jews back to Canaan (parting the Red Sea on the way).
On their journey back to Canaan, Jews believe that God gave them the Ten
Commandments. The holy book of the Jews is called the Torah. It is written on a long
sheet of parchment (animal skin) and rolled onto two scrolls. The Torah contains stories
about Abraham and Moses, the Ten Commandments, and many other rules about how to live
a good life. Many Jews believe that God gave the Torah to Moses on their journey back to
Canaan from Egypt.
The Jews built a beautiful temple in Jerusalem, their capital city. After several
generations, however, the Assyrians (uh -- sear- ee -- uns) destroyed the Jews’ temple, and
the Jews fled into exile (being forced to leave a place). Later the Jews returned to Canaan
and rebuilt their temple, only to be exiled again by the Romans shortly after Jesus died.
For almost two thousand years the Jews remained exiled, trying to find homes in other
countries around the world. Not until Israel was created in 1948 (more on that later) did
the Jews have their own country again.
Jews today read the Torah and many other books included in the Hebrew Bible.
Jews wrote many different books, but shortly after the second exile, a group of rabbis
(Jewish leaders and teachers) decided which books were “ok” and which books were “not
ok.” The Rabbis included the “ok” books in the Hebrew Bible, and the rest were removed
from the religion. Today’s Hebrew Bible thus contains some, but not all, or the books by the
Jews written about their religion.
Name: __________________________________
October 10, 2005
Homework
History - ____
Homework #28
On the lines on the left, write the words from the word bank in order. On the lines
on the right, use each of the words from the word bank in a sentence.
You will be graded on ALL of the grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules you
have learned in Ms. Napleton’s class.
Abraham
Moses
Israel (1948)
Canonize
Torah
Exile
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Vocabulary:
Monotheism (mon -- oh -- thee -- is -- um) (n) - belief in one God
Polytheism (poll -- ee -- thee -- is -- um) (n) - belief in more than one god
Torah (like “door uh” but with a ‘t’) (n) - the holy book of the Jews
Above and Beyond: How do you imagine Jews felt about the canonization of the Bible?
Do you think most people agreed or disagreed with the Rabbis’ decisions? (use the back)