Bellwork: March 6th

• Which religion is represented by these symbols?

1.

2.

3.

Bellwork: March 6th

• Which religion is represented by these symbols?

1.

2.

3.

Christianity

Islam

Judaism

Group Intro

Read the small strip of paper and the quote that is on it.

• Each quote is a different perspective about the land of Jerusalem (a major city in Israel).

• What religion might that be?

White Paper

• This land is sacred (or holy) to my people. The roots of my religion are here. This land was ours until we were forced to move. Our God has promised this land to us. It is ours.– Something a Jew might say about Jerusalem

and the area of Israel.

Orange paper

• My religion was founded on this land. This was our land until we were forced to move. This land is very sacred to my faith.– Something a Muslim might say about

Jerusalem (a city in Israel)

Yellow paper

• This land is our holy ground. My savior and founder of my faith walked this ground while He was on the Earth. It is very sacred to me and my religion.– Something a Christian might say about

Jerusalem (a city in Israel)

Goals for Israel• Identify the three faiths that have their roots

in Israel.

• Identify and define Palestine

• Discuss the founding of the modern country of Israel

• Discuss the importance of Jerusalem to three faiths

Textbook page 420 - 421

Burrito Book page 1

Read “The Dead Sea Scrolls” to yourself (page.421)

Israel’s History

• Read “History” and “The Holy Land”

• The Hebrews (or Israelites), first established the kingdom of Israel about 3,000 years ago.

1.

Roman Occupation• Around the time of Jesus, Romans

were ruling the area of the eastern Mediterranean. Many Hebrews (or Israelites) were living there.

• The Romans conquered the region in 60BC.

• Jesus Christ, founder of Christianity, preached in area and was put to death just outside of Jerusalem.

• The Romans forced the Jews to leave in AD 135.

• The Romans re-named the area Palestine.

The Romans conquered area in 60 BC

But the Romans did not force the Jews to leave until 135AD.

Palestine

• Palestine: (re-read page 420) The name of the region on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea roughly consisting of the nation of Israel and West Bank

• Palestinians are people (mostly Muslim) from this area.

The Crusades

• Muslims conquered the area and lived there from the mid 600s to the 1200s.

• The Crusades were a series of invasions of Christian armies from Europe against the Muslims living in Palestine.

Ottoman Empire

• Palestine became a part of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.

• After World War I, it became part of the British empire.

The Holocaust and the creation of Israel

• The Holocaust in Europe 1933-1945: over six million Jews were persecuted and killed.

• 1947, two years after the Holocaust, the United Nations voted to create the nation of Israel.

• Israel became a country in 1948.

Creation of the nation of Israel• Israel became a country in

1948 after the United Nations voted to create it in 1947, two years after the Holocaust.

• As a result, many Muslims left the land for areas around Israel.

• Conflicts between the Jews and Muslims (or Palestinians) have occurred many times since and continue to this day.

Israel

• The official religion of Israel is _________.

• However, three religions trace their roots to this land. Those three religions are:– ______________

– ______________

– ______________

Judaism

Christianity

JudaismIslam

•Today, the West Bank is controlled by the Palestinians.

Time line of Israel• On page 5, create a timeline with these

dates. Use page 420-421 in your textbook to summarize the appropriate events.

1,000BC 60BC 135AD 600s AD

1000-1200s

1947

Jesus, founder of Christianity travels and teaches in area of Israel; then put to death by the Romans.

0 33AD 1933-1945

Jerusalem• Jerusalem, a city in Israel, is

holy to three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

• The Western Wall is the holiest site of Judaism.

• The Dome of the Rock (pictured) is one of holiest sites of Islam.

• Jerusalem is also very important to Christianity because Jesus spent a lot of time in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem

                                                                                                                                                    

Dome of the Rock

• Islamic tradition says that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven from the spot marked by the Dome of the Rock.

• Tradition speaks of the Prophet being taken from Mecca to Jerusalem on a winged horse and then being lifted to heaven where he was shown by God when and how to pray, one of the five pillars of Islam.

• According to Jewish tradition,

the rock that is the centre of the Dome of the Rock is the site where Abraham bound his son Isaac for sacrifice.