Name: Date:

Homeroom: 6th Grade World History

Objective: Explain how the Christian faith developed from Judaic tradition.Do Now

Directions: Annotate the passage by boxing in key words and underline key details before answering the questions in complete sentences. Reading Check

1. What group was responsible for the Holocaust? a. Communistsb. Nazisc. Bolsheviksd. Confederates

2. Which of the following is not a reason Hitler hated the Jews?a. He wanted them to do more for Germany.b. He thought they were less than human. c. He blamed them for Germany losing World War I.d. He believed the Aryan race was superior to theirs.

Babylonian CaptivityDuring their years in Babylon, the Jews struggled to keep their identity. They continued

to observe religious laws, celebrate holy days, and worship as they had in Judah. They hoped someday to return to their homeland in Judah and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. The exiles also looked forward to a time when they would have their own king again. Before the exile, Hebrew leaders like kings were anointed, or had special oils poured on their heads, when they

assumed their offices. The Hebrew word Messiah means an “anointed one” charged with some task or leadership.

Throughout the centuries of foreign rule, the people kept hoping for their own king. This was sometimes expressed as a hope for an anointed king, an heir to the throne of David, a Messiah. Some hoped this Messiah would be an earthly ruler. Then they would be free to govern themselves. They believed this ruler would be a descendant from David.

During times of trouble, both in Judah and in exile, the Jewish people turned to spiritual leaders called prophets for advice. These were men and women thought to have a special ability to interpret God’s word. They warned the people when they strayed from the Jewish code of conduct. They criticized rulers who were not living according to God’s laws. The prophets also comforted the people in times of trouble. 3. Which of these best describes a Messiah?

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b. Someone who is a governorc. An anointed leader for the Jewish people d. Someone who warns people

4. How did the Jews believe a Messiah would be able to help them?

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Use GRIT to independently make sense of this challenge!Directions: Circle the values you believe are important for yourself and society.

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Love your neighbor

as you love

yourself.

PUT OTHERS BEFORE

YOURSELF.

Charity – give to

those who are less

fortunate

FORGIVE OTHERS SO YOU CAN BE

FORGIVEN Self-Control

& Moderation

Today’s BIG QUESTION: What were the most important beliefs of early Christians between 30 CE and 70 CE? How were those beliefs connected to Judaism?Directions: Read each document and complete the 4-Corner Annotations before answering Guided Questions. .

Document A: Adapted from: Discovering our Past: Ancient Civilizations, Glencoe, 2005

During Roman times, many Jews hoped that God would send a messiah), or deliverer. This leader would help them win back their freedom. The Israelite prophets had long ago predicted that a messiah would come. Many Jews expected the messiah to be a great king, like David. They thought the messiah would restore the past glories of the Israelite kingdom. A few decades before the first Jewish revolt against Rome, a Jew named Jesus left his home in Nazareth and began preaching. From about A.D. 30 to A.D. 33, Jesus traveled throughout Judaea and Galilee, the region just north of Judaea, preaching his ideas. Crowds gathered to hear him teach and lecture. He soon assembled a small band of 12 close followers called disciples.

Jesus taught justice, compassion, and the coming of God’s kingdom. He often taught using parables, stories with a moral. Three famous parables are the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the Lost Sheep. Jesus’ most famous teachings were given in the Sermon on the Mount. He began it with beatitudes, or blessings. In this sermon, Jesus asked people not just to obey the law, but also to change in their hearts. He wanted people to love others – even their enemies. He also wanted to live simply. Jesus forgave people who broke religious laws.

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Point of View

Researcher/Historian

PurposeThe Jews

hoped for a Messiah to

help them be free. A Jew

named Jesus began

teaching about the coming of God and

Audience

Students/Other

Scholars

Historical Context

Modern scholar

interpreting the history of

ancient religion that

is still practiced

today

Be Thankful

&

Patience &

Persevera

Many people thought only God could do this. Jesus also spent time with sinners who were outcasts. Most shockingly, some of Jesus’ followers claimed that he was the Messiah.

1. The Jews were under the control of what major empire? _____________________________

2. In what ways were Jesus’ teachings different than of those other

religious leaders?

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3. What groups of people do you think would have found Jesus’

teachings appealing? Why?

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Death of Jesus Jesus made enemies among the Roman rulers. The Romans did not like the claim that he might be the Messiah. That threatened their power. According to the Gospels, Jesus’ followers hailed him as king when he was in Jerusalem for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Jesus also criticized how

the city’s holy temple was run. These public challenges to authorities sealed Jesus’ fate. He was arrested. The Roman governor Pontius Pilate ordered that Jesus be put to death by crucifixion. This meant that he would hang on the cross until he suffocated. After Jesus died, a huge stone was put in front of his tomb. Two days later, the Gospels say, some of Jesus’ followers found the stone moved. The tomb was empty. Others said they saw Jesus. They had walked and talked with him. Jesus’ followers believed in the Resurrection. To them this proved that he was divine. They believed that Jesus had been willing to give up his own life for the sake of God’s kingdom.

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What Do Christians Believe? From the beginning, Christians taught that Jesus was the Son of God and had come to save people. By accepting Jesus and his teachings, people could

gain salvation, or be saved from sin and allowed to enter heaven. Like Jesus, after death they would be resurrected and join God in everlasting life. Because of their faith in Jesus, Christians began to understand God in a new way. Like the Jews, Christians believed in the God of Israel and studied the Hebrew Bible. However, most Christians came to believe that the one God existed in three persons: Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit. This idea became known as the Trinity, which comes from a word meaning “three.”Jesus’ Disciples Early Christian leaders, or apostles, were Jews. Women and slaves were eager to join because the new church taught that all its members were equal. They believed in one God and also followed Jewish ideals of charity, helping prisoners, and sharing common meals. The disciples thought that Jesus had fulfilled Jewish prophecies about the Messiah. They hoped to spread Jesus’ message and convert others to their beliefs. The first members of Christian churches were Jewish converts and Gentiles, or non-Jews. Paul was a convert to Christianity who became the most important apostle. He helped spread the Christian church from Jesus’ homeland to the wider world by arguing that conversion to Judaism was unnecessary. Paul’s idea helped separate Christianity from Judaism. As a result, Christianity began to spread throughout the empire. Almost everywhere he went he started a new church and he kept in touch with those churches through letters. They urged converts to live according to God’s laws and the message Jesus taught. Many of these letters and writings make up the New Testament of the Bible.

Today’s BIG QUESTION: What were the most important beliefs of early Christians between 30 CE and 70 CE? How were those beliefs connected to Judaism?Guided Discourse Norms:

1. Track the speaker2. Use Habits of Discussion3. Support your comments using evidence from the documents

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4. Capture discussion notes in the space provided

Name: Date:

Homeroom: 6th Grade World History

Objective: Explain how the Christian faith developed from Judaic tradition.Exit Ticket

Today’s BIG QUESTION: What were the most important beliefs of early Christians between 30 CE and 70 CE? How were those beliefs connected to Judaism?

Directions: Read the document and complete the 4-Corner Annotate and create a thesis statement using arguments from the document.U2 L12, Week 7

Thesis:

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Score 0% 50% 60% 80% 100%Details needed

The assignment is not turned in at all.

Work is handed in, with little effort shown and does not meet standards

Does not meet standards.

(Struggles with Restating the Prompt and Answering the Question + Giving Two Reasons Why, only one reason is stated, does not restate the prompt)

Mostly meets standards.

Answer is mostly accurate. (Restates the Prompt and Answers Question, but reasons are not particularly strong or completely clear)

Mastered standards.Answer is fully accurate.

(Clearly restates the Prompt and Answers the Question + Gives Two Reasons Why that accurately answer the question and are strong arguments)

NOTES Unit 2 Lesson 12 Christianity

Christianity

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The story of ____________starts in a small town called Bethlehem, which is located in present day Palestine, 5 miles south of Jerusalem.

It is here that ____________, the founder of Christianity, is born to Mary and her husband Joseph. Joseph is not Jesus’ father, however, for Christians believe Jesus is the son of God.

____________ grew up in the town of Nazareth, where he studied to become a carpenter like Joseph. As with most young Jewish men, Jesus also studied the laws and teaching of Judaism.

By age 30, Jesus began to travel from village to village spreading his message among the ____________ people. Jesus’ travels and teachings make up the beginning of the Bible’s New Testament.

Jesus attracted many followers through his ____________and miracles. Miracles, such as healing the sick and feeding an entire crowd with a few loaves of bread and a few fish, convinced followers that Jesus was the son of God.

Through parables, or ____________that teach lessons about how people should live, Jesus educated the first Christians about love, generosity, forgiveness, and salvation. To help spread his message, Jesus chose 12 disciples called Apostles. The Apostles were Jesus’ closest followers and knew him well.

Jesus attracted many ____________, but because of his increasing popularity, political and religious leaders viewed him as a threat. Around AD 30, while in Jerusalem, Jesus was arrested.

Jesus was tried and executed. He was ____________ by crucifixion, a type of execution in which a person is nailed to a cross. After he died, Jesus’ followers wrapped him in a clean linen cloth and placed his body in a tomb.

After three days, Jesus rose from the dead, an event ____________ refer to as the Resurrection. Jesus visited his disciples, giving them instructions about how to pass on his teachings. After forty days, Jesus rose up into heaven.

Christianity continued to spread throughout the Roman world. ____________, who had never met Jesus, did more to spread Christian beliefs and ideals than anyone else. Paul’s travels took him throughout Asia Minor, into Greece, and as far away as Rome.

Because Christian beliefs challenged the gods of ____________, many Christians were persecuted, or mistreated, by the Romans. Peter the Apostle and Paul were both killed for their efforts in spreading Christian teachings. Over time, Christianity in the Roman Empire was banned and Christians were forced to meet in secret.

Finally, in the year 313, after converting to ____________, Roman Emperor Constantine proclaimed religious tolerance for all religions throughout the empire. Christianity spread throughout Europe and into Northern Africa. Today Christianity is the world’s most practiced religion with over 2.1 billion followers.

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Name:HOMEWORK

Date:Homeroom: 6th Grade World HistoryObjective: Explain how the Christian faith developed from Judaic tradition.

Directions: Use the map to answer the following questions.

1. According to the map key, how many years of Christianity’s spread is the map showing?Calculation: Final Answer:

2. Did Christianity grow or shrink from 325-500 CE? GROW SHRINKU2 L12, Week 7

Why do you think this happened? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Where was Christianity most widespread in 325 CE?(a) Spain and Judea (c) Italy and Greece(b) Anatolia and Judea (d) Italy and Judea

4. Summarize what is being shown by the map.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Directions: Annotate the text below by boxing in key words related to rituals, then answer the following questions.

1. What type of source is this? PRIMARY SECONDARY2. According to Meeks, what two rituals made Christians different from other

religious groups?(a) _________________________________________________________

(b) _________________________________________________________

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Early Christian Rituals Among the things that make the Christians different [from other religions at the time] are a couple of rituals which they developed, early on before the very earliest sources that we have about them. One of these is an initiation ceremony, which they call baptism, which is simply a Greek word that means dunking. The baptism ritual is fundamental in the establishing ones identity as a Christian, and at the same time binds Christians together so that they speak of themselves with family terms but also separates them, in some sense, from the society around them.A second major ritual which they developed is a meal, a common meal, which they have together, which is designed as a memorial of The Last Supper which Jesus had with his disciplines. This is recorded already in one of the letters of the Apostle Paul, and he presents this as a tradition which he has received and passed on. Communion is a ritual unique to Christians, since they are the only ones who believe in Jesus as the son of God. Like baptism, this ritual is important to the Christian identity, unites Christians together, and highlights their difference from others.

3. What core belief of Christianity makes it different from other ancient religions?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Historian Challenge: Why might rituals help the early Christians “reassert their unity with one another and their difference from others?”____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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