Spelling Unit 15 Word Search  | Crossword scenic apron Friday cheetah basis meter   motive  vital rival local agent evil famous fiber razor Story:  Baucis and Philemon Focus:  Standard 3.6  Identify and analyze features of themes  conveyed through characters, actions, and images. Learn more about Craig Kielburger

Reading Story:  Baucis and Philemon Focus:  Standard 3.6  Identify and analyze features of themes  conveyed through characters, actions, and images. Literature ❑ Baucis and Philemon pp. 149–156 ❑ Before You Read p. 149 ❑ Focus On: questions and activities p. 155 ❑  Quiz for Baucis and Philemon ❑ Vocabulary: Words from Mythology p. 156 ❑ Grammar Link: Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions p. 156 Informational Material ❑ One Child’s Labor of Love pp. 157–161 ❑ Reading Informational Materials p. 157 ❑ Focus On: questions p. 160 Learn More About Myths Classics Unveiled OnLine   Another Online version of this ancient myth

        Ancient Israel

6.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.

1. Describe the origins and significance of Judaism as the first monotheistic religion based on the concept of one God who sets down moral laws for humanity.
2. Identify the sources of the ethical teachings and central beliefs of Judaism (the Hebrew Bible, the Commentaries): belief in God, observance of law, practice of the concepts of righteousness and justice, and importance of study; and describe how the ideas of the Hebrew traditions are reflected in the moral and ethical traditions of Western civilization.
3. Explain the significance of Abraham, Moses, Naomi, Ruth, David, and Yohanan ben Zaccai in the development of the Jewish religion.
4. Discuss the locations of the settlements and movements of Hebrew peoples, including the Exodus and their movement to and from Egypt, and outline the significance of the Exodus to the Jewish and other people.
5. Discuss how Judaism survived and developed despite the continuing dispersion of much of the Jewish population from Jerusalem and the rest of Israel after the destruction of the second Temple in A.D. 70.