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 * 4:17 **  **The Babylonian Exile (Part 1) **
 * Goal ** Students will learn about life in Babylonia during the Exile.
 *  1. **** Gain the attention of the learner **Show a map of the region at the time and draw the path of the trip made by those exiled to Babylon.
 *  2. **** Relevant past learning ** Identify period and locations to be studied on the timeline. Recall the previous lesson’s discussion of the conquest of Judah by the Babylonians.
 *  3. **** Present new material ** Relate what historians and archeologists know about the exile of the Judean elite. (See pp. 296-298 in “The Bible Unearthed.”)
 *  4. **** Provide for guided practice **The Jews (note this name given to the people of Judah) considered the Babylonian kings to be enlightened because they were given considerable social and religious freedom and were allowed to create their own communities. Divide the class into four teams. Give each team a piece of poster board. On the board, the class is to design a model of what they think their community in Babylonia would look like.
 * <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'"> One task the Babylonians wanted was to write their own laws. Ask students to compose three to five new laws that Jews of Babylonia should follow.
 * <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"> Share their ideas. Then vote all the different ideas so that a list of ten ideals should exist. What has to happen in this community for these laws to be exercised?