S_WH7-5++Assignment

Grade 7 Lesson 5 - Biblical Times (Documentary Hypothesis) (All Assignments) Purpose
 * Assignment**
 * Curriculum for 7th Grade
 * Find out who Job was, why he was tested by God and what was the outcome of the test.
 * Will's answer:__//**Job was regarded as a prophet in the Torah. It was written that he was challenged by Satan regarding his loyalty to God and that he worshiped God just for protection. God stopped protecting Job and Satan took away everything from him including wealth, family, and his health. Job remained loyal to Gob and passed all of his tests, then was granted of a long life of 140 years. (www.Wikipedia.com and Torah.org)**//__
 * What do you think was the beliefs of the author(s) of the book of Job about God punishing the bad and rewarding the good?
 * __//**I think they believed in rewarding the good, but not so much punishing the bad, because Satan was not punished for his/her accusation.**//__
 * Did you think the ending of the story was just?
 * __//**I think if someone allowed another person to be harassed like Job was then Job deserved a long life.**//__
 * History - When was the sapiential tradition?
 * __//**At the turn of the millennium.**//__
 * Culture
 * What is the origin of the modern celebration of Tu B'shvat in Israel?(include your sources)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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.
 * Covenant
 * Practical Knowledge
 * Revealed Knowledge