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** Goal ** Students will get an overview of the Ashkenazi Diaspora from the Middle Ages through the French Revolution, with emphasis on time and location. **1. Gain the attention of the learner** Find out what students know about the provenance of their ancestors. Write the different countries on the blackboard. Locate the different countries on a map. ** 2. Relevant past learning ** Summarize the ongoing theme of Disapora. ** 3. Introduce new material ** Summarize material in “A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People,” pp. 78-79, 122-123. ** 4. Provide guided practice ** Show the students a map of Europe. Ask students to locate the Ashkenaz region. Imagine being a person who could spy on the Jewish communities that live there. What would your students expect to see? What religious practices would keep them separated from their neighbors? ** 5. Provide independent practice ** Divide the class into two teams. One group will debate the benefits of living together as Jews in Ashkenaz and the other will debate the benefits of mixing with their non-Jewish neighbors.  **6. Close the lesson** Summarize the geographic distinction between the areas occupied by the Ashkenazim and Sephardim and compare these with the origins of the students ancestors.
 * 5:7 The Ashkenazi Diaspora **