Due: Thursday, 29 January 2015
Student pairs will choose one significant event in Jewish history from their designated chapter in our text. Students will then examine this event, like an historian, by
Student pairs will choose one significant event in Jewish history from their designated chapter in our text. Students will then examine this event, like an historian, by
- gathering artifacts, research, and evidence about the event
- asking the following questions
- writing a report that explains the event and its significance to readers.
- What are the details of the event that we should remember (who, what, when, where)?
- Why was this event significant to Jewish history?
- Does the event lead to innovation (change) for Jews or Judaism? How? Why?
- In what context did the event occur (i.e. take place)? What was going on in the surrounding area? In the rest of the world? Before? After? How did the context of the event shape the event and/or Judaism’s response to this event?
- How does this event fit into larger social, economic, historical or political patterns in Jewish history?
- Format: Please hand in your work as a report, using 8.5”x11” paper. Each report will also have a cover sheet that contains: Chosen title for your inquiry, names of students, and date.
- Maximum: The report may contain, at maximum: 1 page of writing, and 5 pages of artifacts or aids.
- Minimum: The report should contain at least 1 paragraph of writing, at least 2 visual aids that you developed (maps, timelines, comics, charts, tables) and at least 2 copies of primary sources from the era (a selection from a book from that period, a newspaper account, a photograph, a piece of artwork, a drawing, a journal, etc).
- In order to demonstrate your meta-cognitive skills, reference all of the prompts of depth and complexity above (i.e., “The year 722 B.C.E. is part of a PATTERN in Jewish history because...” - and then briefly explain the pattern).
- You can use these sources to find the answers to the questions: our textbook, internet research from reliable online sources (ask teacher for help if needed), visual aids and primary sources (newspaper accounts, photograph, drawing from the period).
- The project must reflect your group’s own work.
- Use your creative thinking skills in your analysis of text and visual aids, and your overall presentation : Add-to, Rearrange, Substitute, Minimize, Maximize, Combine.
- Find an artifact (photograph, artwork, primary document) from the year and apply a creative thinking tool to it to represent the impact of the event.