CU4-11


 * 4:11 **  **The Deuteronomistic History (Exodus and the Conquest of Canaan) **
 * Goal ** Students will review the story of the exodus and the conquest of Canaan and discuss how this story served the reform aims of Josiah’s regime.
 *  1. **** Gain attention of the learner ** Remind the students that they learned the Exodus story last year, and announce that it appears that the story is a work of fiction created during the reign of Josiah.
 *  2. **** Relevant past learning ** Review the biblical account of the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan and contrast this with what was learned about Israel’s and Judah’s beginnings in class 4:3.
 *  3. **** Present new material ** Relate what historians and archeologists know about the period described in the Exodus story and identify the ways in which the biblical story reflects the world of Josiah’s time, including how it justifies the Temple cult. (See pp. 27-145 in “The Bible Unearthed.”)
 *  4. **** Provide for guided practice ** Discuss the ways in which the fictional account of the Exodus and conquest of Canaan served Josiah’s political and theological agenda.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"> 5. ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Provide for independent practice **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Ask each student to make up a story about his or her family set in the distant past.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> 6. Close the lesson **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Come together and have volunteers tell their stories and explain why they made up their particular stories.