9th-10th+GHS+Honors+Churban

Purpose of נבואה || 2 weeks || What are the differences between each of the sections of תנ"ך?
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What is the Purpose of נבואה ?

What is the role of the Navi?

What type of person can be a Navi?

What נבואות are included in תנ"ך ? || Different types of ideas and content included in the different divisions of תנ"ך.

The role of a Navi/the purpose of a Navi as described in the Torah and by the Rambam

The difference between נביאים ראשונים and נביאים אחרונים and the perspective taken in each book. ||  || דברים יח:טו-כב

רמב"ם הלכות יסודי התורה פרקים ז, ט

מסכת מגילה יד. ||  || Formative assessment exit questions, mini-essay || Israel’s position within the Ancient Near East || 1 week || How does Israel’s position within the Ancient Near East affect the types of events and prophecies that are given? || Identify the various superpowers vying for power in the Ancient Near East during the 8th-6th century BCE?
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Explain the impact that Israel’s position had on its development as a country. ||  ||   ||   ||   || Melachim Aleph: 1-12 || 1 week || Explain how the kingdom of Shelomo and the splitting of the original kingdom into two set the stage for the rest of Sefer Melachim || What is the vision of an ideal king?
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How did the first half of Shelomo’s reign exemplify the ideal king?

What were the political, personal, economic, military, and religious issues that caused Shelomo’s kingdom to disintegrate?

Explain the impact of פילוג הממלכה on the people. || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim || Melachim Aleph:1-12 ||  || Formative assessment, review HW, unit Test (Units 1-3) || גלות שומרון || 3 weeks || What personal, political, and religious factors lead to גלות שומרון ? || Identify the kings who ruled, the action-reaction cycle, and any other information relevant to understanding the rule of the kings from פקח through <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">הושע || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim || Melachim Bet 15-17 ||  ||   || The Kings who ruled during the time of <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ישעיהו s prophecy. || 5 weeks || What personal, political, economic, and religious factors contribute to the rule of these 4 kings?
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How does the description of the kings in Melachim Bet compare to that in Divrei Hayamim? ||  || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim || Melachim Bet 15-18 ||  || Formative assessment, review questions for HW, Unit test || Perek Aleph of Yishayahu || 3 weeks || How does <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ישעיהו depict the sins of his generation?
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What is more important-<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">מצות בין אדם לחדירו or one’s relationship with Hashem? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">מצות בין אדם לחבירו and the creation of a just society. || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim

Understanding the Malbim’s commentary || Yishayahu Perek Aleph with the Malbim

Text from Sefer Devarim to which Yishayahu makes reference. || Malbim || Formative assessments at the end of each class, Summary questions for review, unit test || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">פרקים ב-ה || 4 weeks || In what ways did the people sin? || Various categories of sins and their punishment depicted in <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">פרקים ב-ה || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim
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Commentary of <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">דעת מקרא || Yishayahu Perakim 2-5 || Daat Mikra commentary || Formative assessment, Creative project applying the sins of the people to modern times || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">פרק ו || 2 weeks || Is this <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">פרק a <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">הקדשה or a change in mission? ||  ||   || Yishayahu Perek 6 ||   || Blog posts, essay || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">פרקים ז-יב || 3 weeks || How will the punishment be meted out? || The Assyrian invasion, the destruction of Shomron, Assyria as an agent of G-d, and Mahsiach || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim || Yishayahu Perakim 7-12 ||  || Blog posts, summary HW questions || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">פרקים לו-לט || 3 weeks || How does Chizkiyahu represent both the potential for Mashiach as well as the relaity of the times? How does Chizkiyahu's leadership compare to other kings? || The reign of Chizkiyahu || Cooperative learning to prepare the text Reading and translating pesukim || Yishayahu Perakim 36-39, melachim Bet Perakim 18-20, Divrei hayamim Bet perakim 31-33 || Mikdash Melech by Yigal Ariel pg. 357-387 Yishayahu Daat Mikra by Amos Hacham The series on Jerusalem by Rav Yitzchak Levi www.vbm-torah.org/yeru67.html (articles 18-22) || Blog posts, paper on Chizkiyahu ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">נחמה || 2 weeks || How and why does the sefer shift dramatically once Chizkiyahu shows that he is not fit to be mashiach? How do the themes of exile and return, punishment to Assyria, the possibility of teshuva, and the future redemption manifest themesleves within Yishyahau as well as other books in Tanakh? || Excerpts from chapters 40-66 to illustrate the themes of comfort from the second half of the book. || Reading and translating pesukim and comparing the themes within Yishyahau to other texts in Tanakh ||  ||   || Blog posts, summary questions || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">ירמיהו || 2 weeks || How does the account of the final years of Malchut Yehuda illustrate the action-reaction cycle described in Sefer Melachim? || The end of Malchut Yehuda and the destruction of the Beit hamikdash ||  || Melachim Bet 22-25 ||   || Blog posts, digital timeline of events || What are the four themes that stream throughout Yirmiyahu? How does the style and message of Yirmiyahu compare with Yishayahu? || Excerpts from the entire book that illustrate the four themes of Yirmiyahu (theological, historical, moral, and political) ||  || Excerpts from Sefer Yirmiyahu ||   ||   || || || ||  ||
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 * 13. Overview of Yirmiyahu || 4 weeks || How do the actions of the people bring about the ultimate destruction of the Beit Hamikdash?
 * 2012-Elements listed above are the same unless otherwise noted. Specific details of the course, and worksheets given out, are included below. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 1.Introduction to Nevuah || 1 week || See above ||  ||   ||   || [[file:Navi syllabus.docx]]
 * 2. Israel's position within the ANE || 1 day || See above ||  ||   ||   || [[file:Intro 2-Israel and the ANE.docx]] ||   ||
 * 3. The ideal king and the role of Shlomo || 1 week || See above ||  ||   ||   || [[file:Evaluation of Shlomo's reign.docx]]
 * 4. Yishayahu 1-2, 37-40 || 8 weeks || See 3-11 above ||  ||   ||   || [[file:The Road to Galut Shomron.dwd]][[file:Chav assignment Perakim 7,8, 9.dwd]]

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 * 5. Yirmiyahu || 3 weeks (should have spent more) || See 12 and 13 above ||  ||   ||   || [[file:Last perakim.docx]]
 * 6. PBL Unit || 2 weeks (should have been spread throughout semester) || In what way do the local institutions incorporate lessons from Yishayahu and Yirmiyahu into their mission?

How are the issues raised by Yishyahu and Yirmiyahu relevant to us in today's times? ||  ||   ||   ||  ||   ||