Christianity and Judaism Sock Puppet plays

The story of Judaism Moses and the Exodus The Promised Land and Persecution and Creation of Israel Jewish Tradition and Synagogue

Story of Christianity and Death of Christ St Paul and Christian Persecution Schism Middle Ages and Crusades

The sock puppet play Meet with reading partner – 5-6 key facts – Potential play characters Large group – Summarize your articles Do you need a copy each article? – Give role assignments Director Producer Set designer Stage Manager Costume and Makeup Script writer Consultant Key items – Content Key facts from each reading Be able to answer questions about your reading – Creativity/ Color # of sock puppets based upon # of hands Background picture on whiteboard (1 each scene) Stage design for each scene – Organization Minimum of 3 distinct scene 1-2 minutes each scene Transition from 1 scene to next Written script

Who are the Jews? Story of Judaism What is the Hebrew Bible? Who is the father of the faith? – Covenant – Circumcised – Why is the story of Abraham and his son significant to Judaism? How did Jews view their god? – Sodom and Gomorrah

Who was Moses? Why did he lead the Exodus? Why were the Jews in Egypt? Moses Why did the plague strike Egyptians and not Hebrews? Exodus 10 Commandments (Moses)

What was the Promised Land? Why did Moses not reach the “Promised Land”? Joshua Jericho David Ark of the Covenant After Solomon what happened to Israel? Who conquered the Israelites? Babylonian Captivity

How was Israel Created? Romans in Israel – Masada – Aelina Capitolina and the Jews Diaspora – Sephardim – Ashkenazim – Palestine – Khazars Zionism – Theodor Herzl – Tel Aviv What was important for Jews when they left Israel?

In order to keep the rest of the presentations bogging down and noticing a tremendous amount of boredom today, attached you will find a copy of the readings on Judaism and Christianity for all the groups. My sense is that you would rather read than listen to students answer questions. I will reduce the number of questions tomorrow, however I will not reduce the necessary content knowledge you should have. I'll just write the quiz based upon the readings. Here is the reading on Judaism.

Who was Maimondes? How is he significant to Jewish thought? When Cordoba and Muslims Saladin Jobs Mishna Torah How did he view Judaism and its books? (the Torah & Talmud)

Who persecuted the Jews? Anti-Semitism Crusades and the Black Death Ferdinand and Isabella Pale of Settlement and Programs Holocaust and the Final Solution

What are some important Jewish Traditions? Torah – Talmud Shabbat (Sabbath) Bar/ Bat Mitzvah Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah Passover-Seder Temple of Soloman (Jerusalem) – Wailing Wall – Tisha B’Av – Hannukah

Why is the Synagogue important? What do you need present for a Sabbath? What do synagogue’s have in common? What is an arc? What is the perpetual lamp? What does it symbolize? Menorah Rabbi What are the sects of Judaism? – Orthodox – Reform – Hasidism How are those sects different?