Exploring World Religions

Lesson 5
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ELA

Unit 7

3rd Grade

Lesson 5 of 19

Objective


Explain the history and beliefs of Judaism.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne  pp. 1 – 3

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

Why are the Ten Commandments an important part of Judaism?

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Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

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Writing Prompt

Explain the history of Judaism.

Sample Response

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Key Questions


  • Who was Abraham? Why was he important?

  • What is a covenant? What covenant did Abraham make? Why?

  • Why did Abraham’s descendants leave Canaan? What happened to them when they left?

  • Who was Moses? Why was he important?

  • What are the Ten Commandments? Why were they important?

Vocabulary


descendant

n.

someone who is related to a person or group of people who lived in the past

plagues

v.

a large number of harmful or annoying things

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.3.3 — Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
  • RI.3.8 — Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

Supporting Standards

L.3.4
L.3.4.b
RF.3.3
RF.3.4
RI.3.1
RI.3.4
RI.3.5
RI.3.7
RI.3.10
SL.3.1
W.3.10
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