CU3-14

**Goal**: Students will use the myth of Abraham’s rejection of Hagar and Ismael as a way to discuss how following the desire to have family harmony can lead to ignoring our notions of justice, morality, love, etc. ** 1. **** Gain attention of the learner**: Ask students to list the different religions practiced in this city. How do they know that these different people exist? ** 2. **** Review relevant past learning**. Review the mythical family tree to see the place of the story in the origin of the arabs. The Bible tells that when Sarah couldn’t have children, she told Abraham to have a child with her maid Hagar. ** 3. **** Present new material**: Just so story. In the time that this story took place it was common for a man to have more than one wife, and to have children with each wife. In some cultures, the inability to have children was grounds for divorce. However, Sarah, it was told, knew how much Abraham loved the child he had with Hagar, and didn’t want that child around to detract from the love she wanted only Isaac to receive. He orders that Hagar and her son be cast out. Abraham doesn’t want anything to happen to his son and he is told that also this child will inherit land and position from his heritage. Genesis 21:9 – 21, 25:12-18 ** 4. **** Provide guided practice**: Review the framework of Abraham’s family. Ask students to describe the mythical history of the Jews thus far and to highlight the specific ethical implications of each story. ** 5. **** Provide independent practice**: Divide the class into work pairs. Ask students to select one ethical lesson to review with a partner and then present their observations of how the people in the story behaved, if they behavior was correct for the situation.
 * 3-14 Family Peace - Mythical Birth of the Arab Nation **
 *  6. Close the lesson **: Review how this is a Just-So Story. Compare how different cultures in this city (Philadelphia) exist with what is happening in Israel.