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Monotheism Unit

History and beliefs:  10/1 (W) & 10/2 (G)

• How Islam Began in 10 minutes: https://youtu.be/PDxKxnVZtgo

• Old Testament Told in 5 Minutes: https://youtu.be/I400jhY2DF0

• Crashcourse Judaism & Christianity: https://youtu.be/TG55ErfdaeY

• Crashcourse Islam: https://youtu.be/TpcbfxtdoI8 

 Religious Figures & Stories: 10/3 (W) & 10/4 (G – Early Release)

• Judaism: Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, The Commandments, and the Covenant

• Christianity: Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, Jesus, the Apostles, Revelations

• Islam: Muhammad, Abraham

  • • https://biblestories.org/

    • https://youtu.be/4NT_btkLlho 

    • How we got the New Testament: https://youtu.be/4SZPbADxXSs 

    • Thinking question: Where do you see overlap between these religions? How have the major people of each religion affected each other?

 Religious Beliefs:

Daily Life: Tenets of the faiths, Sabbath, Seder, Ten Commandments, Five Pillars, Importance of Language

• • • The Commandments and Tenets of the Faith

    • Christianity 101: https://youtu.be/0XceOxLsGzg

    • The Commandments and the Covenant

    • Basis for Christianity and Islam: Prezi of Venn Diagram comparing the Faiths: https://prezi.com/iuyyc9qj370k/copy-of-copy-of-abrahamic-faiths-venn-diagram/ 

    • Food Regulations: Kosher, Lent, Halal 

§         Islam 101: https://youtu.be/8S_Tw6jA77E

• Dress Regulations: Modesty, Covering of head

  • • • Where do these tenets overlap? How have the major ideas of each religion affected the other religions? 

      • What is the global effect of these beliefs, and how is the world affecting the beliefs of each religion?

 History of the Religion: 

• Denominations and Leadership: Historical Grounding: Founding a monotheistic religion within a polytheistic region

  • • Evolution of Judaism: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-birth-and-evolution-of-judaism 

• Persecution: Controlled State, Diaspora & Anti-Semitism, The Crusades & Inquisition, Expansion & Modern Persecution

  • • Judaism under Roman Rule: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/jews.html

    • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/roman-rule-63bce-313ce 

    • Christianity and the Roman Empire: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/christianityromanempire_article_01.shtml 

    • Timeline of Roman Emperors & Christianity: http://www.stjohns-chs.org/history/scamillo_courses/world-cultures/rome_timeline.png 

Current Issues: 

• US and Global Views of the Religions, Modern Intersections of the Religions

  • • Where have the three faiths clashed? Where have the faiths clashed internally?

    • https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/world/middleeast/q-and-a-how-do-sunni-and-shia-islam-differ.html 

    • http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-16047709 

    • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/azadeh-moaveni/differences-between-sunnis-shiites_b_5526484.html 

    • Arab-Israeli Conflict Explained: https://youtu.be/cMv7_eOb0B4

    • Crashcourse Islam and Politics: https://youtu.be/ka8csjsmX6I

    • Crashcourse Crusades: https://youtu.be/X0zudTQelzI

 Summative Assessments: 

** Monotheism Assessment ** 10/29 (S) and 10/30 - 31 (G/W)

• • Monotheism Research Project: See Classroom

INCLUDE in your packet to hand in: 

• Title page with names

• Contribution Chart

• Summary of Findings

• Source List - properly formatted in MLA format! 

• Self-Evaluation for EACH member of the group!!