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Here are the teacher pack items for The Spread and Influence of Judaism:
Overview In this experience, students learn about the contributions of Judaism to Western civilization. First, they learn about the Second Temple period, and they build a brief timeline of major events during the periods of the two Holy Temples. Then, they learn about the rise of Judaism and they contrast it with the ancient Israelite religion. Finally, they learn about major concepts of Judaism and how Judaism has influenced other cultures and religions, and they evaluate how passages from Judaic sources reflect these concepts. Students will collaborate in small groups for scene 2 to scene 4. Objective
Did you know that the idea of a weekend stems from the Ten Commandments, which require a day of rest once a week: “Keep the Sabbath day holy”? Or that many of the gospels sung by slaves in the pre-Civil War United States are based on words from the Hebrew Bible? In this experience, you will learn about some of the ideals and traditions that Judaism passed to Western civilization.
Objective
The Jewish Sabbath was commanded in the Ten Commandments;
it led to the concept of a weekend.
Choose an event from the timeline, and then try to think of a historical event that was happening elsewhere in the world at about the same time. For example, the Ottoman Empire conquered Israel and Jerusalem in 1517 C.E., about the same time that the early European explorers were making expeditions to the “New World.”
When history is broken into neat geographic units, students often miss the bigger picture of how events might interconnect, or which events happen simultaneously in different regions. Throughout each unit it is useful to help students see when the events they are learning about occur parallel to events from other units. For example, the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt occurred during the reign of Ramses during the New Kingdom period.
Now list a question that you have about Judaism and its contributions to Western civilization.
You can use one or more of the students’ questions as guiding questions for the experience. If any questions are left unanswered by the end of the experience, encourage students to research the answers and share them with the class.
