S_SH7-14+Assignment

Grade 8 Lesson 14(10/10/2007) Assignments (All Assignments)
 * History - Jewish Rationalists - Heroes/Heroines below
 * 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
 * Hannukah
 * Improve definition for Sukkot
 * Culture
 * 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 why they are important(extra points if you use a source other than the annotations for the Network of Jewish Varieties)
 * Elisha Ben Abuya
 * Saadia (Saadya) Gaon
 * Maimonides (Why was he call Rambam)
 * 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)
 * Why I am a secular Jew
 * 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)
 * objective
 * subjective
 * egalitarian
 * voice letter
 * Improve definitions for socialism, anarchism, communism - review with Josh
 * What are the letter pairs that differ only in whether one is voiced or not