S_SH7-17+Assignment

Grade 8 Lesson 17 (10/31/2007) Assignments (All Assignments)
 * History
 * Balfour Declaration
 * Who was the irgun and what was their role in the formation of Israel
 * Formation to state of Israel and its relation to WWII
 * Role of secular and religious communities in its founding
 * Holidays - for each of the holidays listed below, provide short descriptions ((1 sentence - 200 characters max) of its purpose from both a secular and a religious point of view
 * Yom Ha'Atzmaot
 * How are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur celebrated in modern Israel
 * Culture
 * Is Israel a theocracy
 * What is a chief rabbi? Why does Israel have 2?
 * How does the religious community have political power that greatly exceeds its numbers
 * Heroes/Heroines - for each of the people below, provide a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer one (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) to the questions who are they and why are they important
 * Louis Dreyfus
 * Theodore Hertzl
 * David BenGurion
 * 8th Grade Curriculum
 * FAQs - for each of the questions below, provide a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer one (1 paragraph - 800 characters max)
 * Vocabulary - for each of the words below, provide a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max)
 * pogrom
 * flog