1. Social Studies
Essential UNIT Question: How did geography influence the development of the Eastern hemisphere?

2. Social Studies Standards
Development of Early Civilizations: 2.2c, 2.4d

3. DO-NOW:
Take out Test;
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4. Focus Question:
How did geography influence religious practice? (Part 1)

5. The Rise of Judaism
The people who would come to write the first book of the bible (The Old Testament) were a bronze-age tribe known as Semites; they were led by a man named Abraham; they lived in the city-state of Ur;
This tribe was among the first groups to worship one god, which arose from a practice called henotheism (tolerant of many gods, while primarily worshipping one);
This practice is called monotheism, meaning one (mono) god (theos), and ism (belief system).
This belief system is known as Judaism; today its followers are commonly referred to as Jewish or Jews.
In society, the hatred of Jews is called anti-Semitism.

6. A Special Agreement
According to the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew is the language spoken by religious Jews), Abraham received a message from YEHWEH (Yah-Way), which is another name for God.
The message commanded Abraham and his wife Sarah to leave Ur and migrate to a place called Canaan, which is in modern Israel;
Abraham entered into a covenant, or special agreement, with Abraham. God promised that the land of Canaan would forever belong to those who worshipped him; God also promised to protect Abraham’s tribe and make it prosperous and numerous.

7. Abraham’s Migration

8. 12 Tribes of Israel

9. The Hebrew language reads right to left
Hebrew Alphabet
The Hebrew language reads right to left

10. Activity:

11. Homework #25: Read pages 72-77 in your textbook;
Answer the Review and Assess questions on p. 77.
Copy the highlighted vocabulary into your glossary.

12. Today’s Middle East

13. Today I Learned . . .