Today we read out of the Social Studies Text about the "Daily Life of Ancient Israelites" (page 217-218) and took notes. Then we watched s short video of daily life of the Ancient Israelites, then again took notes. Finally we did a web search to learn even more about what life was like for the people of Israel thousands of years ago. Once our notes were complete, students began writing a three or more paragraph essay as if they were an Ancient Israelite. Essays were typed into their Ancient Civalizations Powerpoint, then students recorded themselves reading it and uploaded the recording into a slide as well.
Super job Champion students!
Here is an example of a students essay:
My Life as an Israelite
Shalom! Shalom means hello or peace in Hebrew. Jews have a different language called Hebrew. Do you know how the Israelites used to live? Well you have come to the right person to ask! My name is Athalia which means God is exalted. I am an Israelite. I live with my brother, mother, and father. We live in a mud brick house like the other Jews. In my religion we only believe in one God. My religion effects my whole life. It affects my life with school, clothing, and even food.
My mother taught my brother and I , though when my brother grew old enough our father taught him to earn an income and worship God. Then the elders take over the job so my brother is taught by them. In other words I am only taught by my mother who teaches me to be a good wife, be a good housekeeper, learn about Jewish laws ,about food, and clothing. Girls also learn about courageous ancient Israel women. Boys are very important to a family because they can carry on the family name, and once the father dies can become the head of the family. When a boy reaches the age of thirteen they are considered an adult.
Boys wore turbans, or skull caps on their heads. Girls wore scarfs or skull caps because over their hair because a women's hair was considered very private. Judas wore very lose clothes. Women used flax and wool for clothing , though couldn’t combine any of the materials. What you could eat and couldn’t eat was very strict. We are only allowed to eat certain types of meat for example we are allowed to eat beef and lamb though are restricted to eat pork. We could eat scaly fish though couldn’t eat shellfish or smooth- skinned fish. Matza is a type of flat cracker bread that they ate at every meal. They also ate plenty of fruits and liked barely soup.
The Jewish met on the Sabbath the weekly day of worship and rest. It starts from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. On this day they would read out of the Tora that later became the first part of the Hebrew Bible . The Hebrew bible is a series of thirty four books put together. The tora describes events in Jewish history. When they read the tora it often rebuilt the Judaism hope during hard times.
One day I got married to a carpenter and all those things I learned came useful. It is like it keeps going at a certain rhythm and never stops. I had kids and taught them exactly how my mother did with me. I hope one day my kids will be as successful as my life has been. In Conclusion I love my life and I wish the best for the Judaism future.
Today
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