Transcript Miss Farrell Welcomes you to South Pointe M.S. 6th Grade

Western Wall:
Remains of
second temple of
Jerusalem
destroyed by
Romans
Preserve and Pass Along Activity
Objective:
•Learn four “classroom truths” and movements
•At the end, four students chosen to perform
•Class successful if all four can do it
Guidelines
Teaching Areas:
•Teaching only in four corners
•Only one teacher and one student at a time
•Face away from center of room, whisper
Time Limits:
•2 minutes to learn truth and movement
•Corner teacher may consult teacher at center,
no extra time
Silence:
•Must be silent and reading Ch. 12
•If you talk, time reduced for all or removed
12.2 The Central Beliefs and Teaching of Judaism
Classroom
History of Judaism
•First classroom truth: our class
has only one true teacher
•Central belief of Judaism:
monotheism - there is only one
God
•Second classroom truth: respect
and follow the classroom truths
•Central belief: to follow God’s
law
•Third classroom truth: help other
students if they are having trouble
•Central belief: equality and
social justice
•Fourth classroom truth: complete
all assignments creatively and
thoughtfully
•Central belief: importance of
study
12.2 The Central Beliefs and Teaching of Judaism
Classroom
•First classroom truth: our class
has only one true teacher
History of Judaism
•First central belief of Judaism:
monotheism
One God
Source of morality
Must obey
Personal relationship w/ God
12.2 The Central Beliefs and Teaching of Judaism
Classroom
History of Judaism
•First classroom truth: our class
has only one true teacher
•First central belief of Judaism:
monotheism - there is only one
God
•respect and follow the
classroom truths
•follow God’s law
Torah – sacred text, basic
laws
Ten Commandments –
fundamental laws
Laws on diet and holy days
12.2 The Central Beliefs and Teaching of Judaism
Classroom
History of Judaism
Second classroom truth: respect
and follow the classroom truths
Another central belief: to follow
God’s law
•help other students if they are
having trouble
•equality and social justice
All who keep the law are
equal
Leaders are not gods
Treat people fairly
Care for less fortunate
12.2 The Central Beliefs and Teaching of Judaism
Classroom
History of Judaism
Third classroom truth: help other
students if they are having trouble
Central belief: equality and
social justice
•complete all assignments
creatively and thoughtfully
•importance of study
Study Torah and other
writings such as the Talmud
Study keeps people in
touch with their faith
12.3 Foreign Domination and the Jewish Diaspora
Classroom
•Four teachers forced to
different corners
•Strict rules about how
to teach classroom
truths
History of Judaism
12.3 Foreign Domination and the Jewish Diaspora
Classroom
•Four teachers forced to
different corners
History of Judaism
•Kingdom split (Israel &
Judah) When Judah fell to
Babylonians, Jewish
Diaspora (scattering) began.
Babylonians destroyed
Solomon’s temple
•Hundreds of years later,
Romans forced Jews to leave
their homeland.
Romans destroyed second
temple of Jerusalem (Western
Wall)
12.3 Foreign Domination and the Jewish Diaspora
Classroom
•Strict rules about how
to teach classroom
truths
History of Judaism
•Foreigners
(Babylonians, Greeks &
Romans) were harsh
rulers, quick to stop any
sign of rebellion
12.4 Preserving & Passing On the Teachings of Judaism
Classroom
•One teacher in center
•Corner teachers could
consult center teacher
•Specific areas to learn truths
•Last group came together
to share the classroom
truths
History of Judaism
12.4 Preserving & Passing On the Teachings of Judaism
Classroom
History of Judaism
•One teacher in center
•Romans allowed Rabbi
Yohanan ben Zaccai to start
a Jewish school in Yavneh
•Corner teachers could
consult center teacher
•Rabbis from around the
world studied in Yavneh
and returned to their
communities to share
what they learned
12.4 Preserving & Passing On the Teachings of Judaism
Classroom
•Corner teachers could
consult center teacher
•Specific areas to learn
truths
History of Judaism
•Rabbis from around the
world studied in Yavneh
and returned to their
communities to share what
they learned
•Jews built synagogues as
places to worship, study,
and hold meetings. Built
wherever 10 adult Jewish
males lived.
•Any adult male could
read from Torah
12.4 Preserving & Passing On the Teachings of Judaism
Classroom
History of Judaism
•Specific areas to learn
truths
•Jews built synagogues as
places to worship, study,
and hold meetings
•Last group came together to
share the classroom truths
•Starting in 1948,
Jews from around the
world came back to
the new Jewish state
of Israel
Hebrews=Jews=Israelites
12.4 Preserving & Passing On the Teachings of Judaism
Classroom
•One teacher in center
•Corner teachers could
consult center teacher
•Specific areas to learn truths
•Last group came together to
share the classroom truths
History of Judaism
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•Rabbi Yohanan ben Zaccai
•monotheism
•follow God’s law
•equality and social justice
•importance of study