S_WH7-6++Assignment

Grade 7 Lesson 6 - Biblical Times (documentary hypothesis) (All Assignments) Purpose
 * Assignment**
 * Curriculum for 7th Grade
 * In Exodus 19:23, Moses gets the 10 Commandments from Mount Sinai and in Deuteronomy 5:2, he gets them from Mount Horeb. Where are these two mountains located? Why do you think there are two different places mentioned? __//**Mount Sinai is in Egypt and Mount Horeb may or may not be Mount Sinai, but some believe that it was a different Mountain in the Sinai (meaning desert or wilderness).**//__
 * History - When was the sapiential tradition? __//**In 790 B.C.E**//__
 * Culture
 * Read the story I sent you about a King who wanted the Jews to bring Moses to him or they would all be killed. What actions do not help the Jews? What do? What is the role of God in the story? Does this story represent secular values? Why? __//**Fasting did not help the Jews in the story. What helps the Jews is cleverness and trickery by one old man. God has no role in this story. This story does represent secular values, because the old man thought of the other Jews and risked his life for the others.**//__
 * FAQs - on your FAQ Page, for each question below, write a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max). Add any questions about shJ you have or are asked by your friends.
 * How can you be a moral person if you don't believe in God?
 * Put short definition in positive terms. Long definition should begin with positive statement. Does everyone decide for themselves what is moral? What happens when 2 people have conflicting moral values? Are there any moral values that apply to everyone even though someone may not like them(eg you can cheat goyim but not Jews)? Are there universal moral values? Are there objective moral values?
 * Who is a secular, humanist Jew? - add answers
 * Holidays - on your Holidays page, for each holiday below, write a short secular description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) of what the holiday celebrates and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) which also includes its origin and its importance to both secular and religious Jews.
 * Hanukah - upgrade answer including reasons for shJ celebration. Long definition presents myth of oil as factual. When was the myth written?
 * Tu B'shvat - upgrade answer, including addition of origin of modern celebration
 * Heroes/Heroines - on your Heroes page, for each person below, write a short description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) about who s/he is and why s/he was important.. Also add any heroes/heroines you would like to know about.
 * Albert Einstein - Was he a deist, an agnostic, an atheist, a believing Jew? Add your response to the long description
 * Philosophy and Values
 * Pick out another of the Philosophical Foundations and explain it in you own words. Do you agree with it?
 * Vocabulary - on your Vocabulary page, for each word/phrase below, write a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max).Also add any vocabulary that you would like defined.
 * Secular
 * Documentary Hypothesis
 * Objective
 * Subjective
 * Universal
 * Jewish - upgrade definition