7th+and+8th+Grade+Girls+Navi+Melachim

Introduction || 1 week || How did David HaMelech set the tone for the way that all future Jewish kings should conduct themselves? || Sefer Shmuel II Perakim 7, 11-12, 24 a) What do you think you know about the result of David's involvement with Batsheva? b) What questions or puzzles do you have about his involvement with Avishag? c) What might you find out if you explored this topic? d) What do you think you know about the outcome of David's original request to build the Beit Hamikdash? e) What questions or puzzles do you have about David's actual role in building the Beit Hamikdash? f) What might you find out if you explored this topic? || Summarizing main ideas, note taking, critical thinking || Translated version of Tanach || Handout, Talmud/Midrash source sheet || __Formative-__ Draw your answer to the essential question, explain verbally __Summative-__ //Choice A:// Create storyboard depicting mashal-nimshal given to David by Natan regarding Batsheva //Choice B:// Create informative pamphlet on history and status of Har HaBayit || Perek 1 || 2 days || What kind of challenges does a king face at the end of his life, in particular? In what way are those challenges the same as or different from what most people have to deal with in their old age? || Melachim I Perek 1 1. Who was Avishag? Why did David need her services? What boundary did David not cross? 2. Who was Adoniyahu and what did he attempt to do? According to the Navi, why did Adoniyahu undertake such a bold scheme? 3. Who and what did Adoniyahu gather to further his purpose? Who refused to go along with him? 4. What was Natan HaNavi's plan, and what did he want to achieve by being subtle? 5. Who participated in Natan's plan, and why was her presence helpful (even necessary)?What was the outcome of their charade? 6. Where was Shlomo taken and why? How did Adoniyahu find out about what was done to him? How did David feel about what was going on? 7. Why did Adoniyahu's supporters all disappear?How did Adoniyahu himself react to the news about Shlomo? How did Shlomo decide to deal with him? || Reading, translating, categorizing,summarizing,critical thinking || Navi, translated version of Tanach || Handouts, post-it notes || Exit card-what did you already know at the beginning of this unit, what new facts/ideas/concepts have you learned, how has your perception changed? Davd Hamelech Hesped- Write a eulogy for King David please include all the great things he accomplished, his character traits, his relationship with hashem. You should include Pasukim and mefarshim that back up your points. || Perek 2 || 1-2 days || Why do we value loyalty so greatly? What is it about broken promises and betrayal that we find so upsetting? || Melachim I Perek 2 1. What is Avishag's role in this perek? 2. What do Adoniyahu and Yoav have in common? Please explain. 3. What do Adoniyahu and Shim'i have in common? Please explain? 4. How do Shlomo's decisions in this perek indicate that he will be a great and wise king? || Reading, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, critical thinking || Translated version of Tanach || Handout, notecards, || Test on Chapters 1,2 || Perek 3 || 1 day || Why is wisdom a quality worth pursuing? What danger might exist in being "too wise for one's own good"? || Melachim I Perek 3 1. Whom does Shlomo marry and why? Was this a wise choice? Was it a righteous choice? 2. What kind of a connection does Shlomo seem to have with Hashem? Prove your answer. 3. When offered his heart's desire, what exactly does Shlomo request from Hashem, and for what purpose does he intend to use it? Why does Hashem decide to grant his wish? || Reading, translating, categorizing, critical thinking || Navi, translated version of Tanach || Handout, extension page for studying commentary ||  || Perakim 4-5 || 1 day ||  || Melachim I Perakim 4-5 1. Why does the Navi go into such great detail to describe the amounts and varieties of food served every day in Shlomo's palace? 2. How is the greatness of Shlomo's wisdom described? Give 3 examples. 3. What kind of agreement did Shlomo propose to Chiram and why? What arrangementsweremadebetweenthem? 4. Prove from the pesukim that the building of the Beit Hamikdash was a massive undertaking. || Reading, translating, summarizing || Navi, translated version of Tanach || Handout || Choose 1 online article to read about mishpat Shlomo, and write an explanation of what was really going on in the case, how Shlomo knew what the correct judgment was, and why he announced his judgment so dramatically || Perakim 6-7 || 1 week || What did the Beit HaMikdash and Shlomo's palace look like? || Melachim I Perakim 6-7 || Reading, analyzing for detail, problem solving, critical thinking || Translated version of Tanach || Handout, Legos/Lincoln Logs/Build With Chrome/Google Sketchup, or other suitable building materials and tools || 1. Draw a diagram of the layout of either the Beit HaMikdash or Shlomo's palace, and build a scale replica. 2. Write a report on archaeological finds from the era of the first Beit HaMikdash || Perek 8 || 1-2 days || Why is it so important for Bnei Yisrael to have a Beit Hamikdash?What are we missing without it? || Melachim I Perek 8 1. What was the last thing to be brought into the new Beit Hamikdash? Why? 2. When did the dedication take place?Why? We use Rashi Radak Metzudat David 3. Describe the placement and appearance of the Aron in the Kodesh Hakadoshim. 4. What caused the kohanim to be unable to stand in the Beit Hamikdash? || Reading, translating, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, critical thinking || Navi, translated version of Tanach || Handouts, extension page for studying commentary markers or colored pencils ||  || Perek 9 || 1-2 days || "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"-Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why does Hashem allow human beings to achieve power, and what can go wrong? || Melachim I Perek 9 1. What did Shlomo experience for the second time in his life, after the completion of the Beit Hamikdash and its dedication? 2. What promise did Hashem make to Shlomo on the condition that he follow in the ways of his father David? 3. How many similarities can you find between the words of Hashem in pesukim 3-9, and the words of the 2nd parsha of Kriyat Shema? || Reading, translating, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, critical thinking || Navi, translated version of Tanach || Handouts, extension page for studying commentary, notecards ||  || Perek 10 || 1-2 days || What kind of benefits are there to having a great deal of monetary wealth? Can wealth be used to bring people closer to Hashem, or does it draw people further away? || Melachim I Perek 10 1. What are some of the different opinions as to who Malkat Sh'va really was? 2. What impressed Malkat Sh'va so greatly? 3. Does the Navi seem to be saying that Shlomo's lifestyle is good or bad? What changes at the beginning of Perek 11? 4. Compare this information with Parshat Shoftim, 17:14-20. When you read these pesukim, what makes you uncomfortable with Shlomo's degree of wealth and number of wives? Was Shlomo not aware of these Torah laws? What good intentions might he have had? || Reading, translating, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, critical thinking || Translated version of Tanach || Handouts, extension page for studying commentary ||  ||
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