CU3-20

**Goal**: Students will use the myth of Moses and the Israelites as slaves in Egypt as a way to discuss the evils of slavery both in Biblical times and today.. .. ** 1. **** Gain attention of the learner**: Moses is one of the most important characters in the Bible. Ask your students to brainstorm a list of what they know about Moses. ** 2. **** Review relevant past learing**: The previous stories established the patriarchy of the Jewish people. Ask students to review where the Bible has reviewed so far. ** 3. **** Present new material**: The writers of the Bible set Moses as a great hero starting life from humble beginnings who climbed quickly in Pharaoh’s eyes so that he had some control over future events. This is a story that describes the Jews as slaves that suffered and were oppressed for a long time. Why would the writers of the Bible want the Jews to be considered down trodden and desperate? ** 4. **** Provide guided practice**: Moses is rescued from drowning by the daughter of the Pharaoh and then rise to great power in the Pharaoh’s home. These stories were necessary to establish Moses rise. Exodus 1 – 2, 2- 4:18. What is the irony explored with Joseph’s ancestors being enslaved by the people he rescued generations later? Who has the right to enslave another people? ** 5. **** Provide independent practice**: After listening to the Bible stories, ask students to list all of Moses attributes. How do these attributes help create an image of someone the Jews would believe in when they would return to Canaan? Divide the events into four major events. Have students working in groups recreate a fictional account of Moses biography. Each group should work on a different section.
 * 3-20 Slavery – Ancient and Modern **
 *  6. Close the lesson **: Bring the events together and review his story. If Moses is a hero, who else from the bible shows hero like qualities. What is a hero, how could Abraham, Isaac, Esau, Jacob, and Joseph, be considered hero like? How can some of their Heroic stature be justified regardless of their ethical shortcomings? Mark the changed path of the Israelites.