S_WH7-8++Assignment

Grade 7 Lesson 8 - Late 2nd Temple (Jewish Revolts - Fall of Second Temple) (All Assignments) Purpose
 * Assignment** (Finish assignments from previous weeks)
 * Story - The Rabbi's Overrule God (p20. Humanistic Readings in Jewish Folklore) - what is the important message that the story is trying to give?
 * Curriculum for 7th Grade
 * [|Jewish-Roman Wars] read Wikipedia sections on:
 * [|First Jewish War] - what event completed the change of Judaism from a centralized Temple cult to a synagogue oriented organization? __//**Answer: The Romen invasion caused Jews to split up, so they decided to build many synagogues to study and prey.**//__
 * [|Bar Kochba Revolt] - what Jewish group did not support the revolt and why? What were some of the [|long term consequences of the revolt]? Answer1: The Jewish Christians did not agree with the rest of the Jews nor Bar Kochba. Answer2: The long term effects were that the Jews would be living in many more places than just Israel.


 * History - **//__Briefly__//** review the time period from about -200 to +135 on the Jewish Currents Chart and the [|Wikipedia Timeline of Jewish History]
 * Culture


 * FAQs - on your FAQ Page, for each question below, write a short answer (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max). Add any questions about shJ you have or are asked by your friends.


 * Holidays - on your Holidays page, for each holiday below, write a short secular description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) of what the holiday celebrates and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) which also includes its origin and its importance to both secular and religious Jews.


 * Heroes/Heroines - on your Heroes page, for each person below, write a short description (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer description (1 paragraph - 800 characters max) about who s/he is and why s/he was important.. Also add any heroes/heroines you would like to know about.
 * [|Bar Kochba(Wikipedia)], [|Bar Kochba(Jewish Virtual Library)] - why was Bar Kochba considered a Messiah?

__//-**Will's Answer to question above, he was considered a Messiah because he was a powerful ruler during the messianic age.**//__

 * Philosophy and Values
 * Pick a fourth of the Philosophical Foundations and explain it in you own words. Do you agree with it?
 * Vocabulary - on your Vocabulary page, for each word/phrase below, write a short definition (1 sentence - 200 characters max) and a longer definition (1 paragraph - 800 characters max).Also add any vocabulary that you would like defined.