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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 4

INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS

Judaism

Name of Learner: ______________________________________

Grade Level: ______________________________________
Strand/Track: ______________________________________

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Section: ______________________________________
Date: ______________________________________

A. Background Information for Learners

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Judaism is said to be the oldest religion in the world, its origin can be traced back
thousands of years ago. Needless to say, comes with its age are the rich culture and practices
it offers to the world. The vibrancy of Judaism can still illuminate and influence people,
especially its millions of followers.
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This Learning Activity Sheet tackles about Judaism – its history, core teaching, beliefs,
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practices and issues.

B. Learning Competency with code

MELC 4: Examine the brief history, core teachings, fundamental beliefs, practices, and
related issues of Judaism.
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C. Directions/ Instructions
After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. Read and follow each direction carefully.
2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the Learning Activity Sheets with care.
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4. Record your points for each activity.

5. Always aim to get at least 80% of the total number of given items.
6. If you have any questions, contact your teacher through Messenger or cell
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phone number

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D. Exercises/Activities

D. 1. INTRODUCTION

a. What I Need to Know?

After going through with this activity sheet, you are expected to:
1. know the history of Judaism and its founders;
2. understand the core teachings, beliefs and practices in Jewish culture;
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3. Identify the issues involving Judaism.

b. What’s New?

ACTIVITY 1: “Haiku”

DIRECTIONS: Make a Haiku using at least five words inside the box. ("Haiku" is
a traditional form of Japanese poem with three lines - the first and last lines have
five syllables and the middle line has seven syllables. The lines rarely rhyme).

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(Rubric to be used for checking your answer is available in Letter F)

God Belief Faith Heaven Life

Grace Gift Blessings Happiness Prayer

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Guide Questions:
1. What is the meaning of the Haiku you made?
2. What is the significance you that Haiku to your life?
MY SCORE:
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ACTIVITY 2: “Guess the Symbol”

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DIRECTIONS: Analyze the symbol below and answer the corresponding

questions. (Rubric to be used for checking your answer is available in Letter F)

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Guide Questions:
1. How would you describe the symbol?
2. What is the meaning of the symbol?
3. What is the relevance of the symbol to religion?
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D. 2. DEVELOPMENT

a. What I Know?

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ACTIVITY 3: “Pre-Test”

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DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write it on the separate
sheet of paper.
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1. Who among the following is considered to be the “Father of Judaism”?
A. Abraham B. Isaac C. Jacob D. Moses

2. Which among the following mountains became the place where God gave
Moses the 10 Commandments?
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A. Mt. Ararat B. Mt. Jerusalem C. Mt. Olympus D. Mt. Sinai

3. What particular sacred text corresponds to the letter “K” in the acronym of the
Jewish Bible, TaNaKn”?
A. Kali B. Ketuvim C. Koran D. Kuna
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4. Which among the following DOES NOT belong to the Torah or Five Books of
Moses?
A. Exodus B. Genesis C. Numbers D. Psalms
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5. Which among the following DOES NOT belong to the 10 Commandments as

written in the Torah?
A. Do not lie. C. Do not murder.
B. Keep it Holy. D. Do not steal.

6. What do you call the books that describe the history of Judaism after the death
of Moses?
A. Ketuvim B. Mishnah C. Nevi’im D. Torah

7. Which of the following books has a section that contains the book of Psalms
which is a collection of writings in praise of God?
A. Ketuvim B. Mishnah C. Nevi’im D. Torah

8. Which among the following IS NOT included in the division of Rabbi Judah?
A. Kedoshim B. Moed C. Musaf D. Zeraim

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9. Which among the following Talmud was put together by two Babylonian rabbis
around 500 CE?
A. Talmud Bavli C. Talmud Nevi’im
B. Talmud Maarib D. Talmud Yerushalmi

10. What do you call the company of 10 men forming a congregation for prayer?
A. Kedoshim B. Kasher C. Minyan D. Musaf

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11. Which of the following foods is included in Jews’ dietary restrictions?
A. Cabbage B. Chicken C. Pigs D. Plums

12. What do you call the boys’ circumcision on their eight day after birth?
A. Bar Mitzvah C. Bat Mitzvah

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B. Bar Milah D. Brit Milah

13. Who is the leader of the Nazi who viewed that Jews were an inferior race?

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A. A. Hitler B. K. Marx C. J. Iscariot

14. What is the term used to refer to the prejudice against the Jews?
D. W. Marr
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A. Antisemitism B. Holocaust C. Xenophobia D. Zionism

15. What does the Hebrew term, Zion, mean?

A. Iran B. Jerusalem C. Istanbul D. Syria
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b. What’s In?

ACTIVITY 4: “Picture Identification”

DIRECTIONS: Identify all four given pictures and guess the main word related to
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the pictures.
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3 4

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Picture 1: ____________________________
Picture 2: ____________________________
Picture 3: ____________________________
Picture 4: ____________________________

MAIN WORD

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c. What is It?

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DISCUSSION: Judaism

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Judaism began about 4000 years ago with the Hebrew people in the Middle
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East. Abraham, a Hebrew man, is considered the father of the Jewish faith
because he promoted the central idea of the Jewish faith: that there is one God.
It is said that Abraham and his wife, Sarah, who were old and childless, were told
by God that their children would be as plentiful as the stars in the sky and that they
would live in a land of their own - the Promised Land (Canaan). (uri.org)
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Abraham's son, Isaac had a son, Jacob, also called Israel. In this way the
descendants of Abraham came to be known as the Israelites. God promised the
Israelites he would care for them as long as they obeyed God's laws. While still
traveling, the Hebrews lived in Egypt where they were enslaved. Moses, a
Hebrew, was chosen by God to lead the Hebrew people out of Egypt. Moses led
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the Hebrew people out of the Sinai Desert toward the promised land. At Mt. Sinai,
God gave Moses the Law which would guide the Israelites to today. (uri.org)
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Core Teachings

The Jewish Bible, also known as TaNaKh, is the founding document of the
Jews. This acronym refers to traditional Jewish division of the Bible
into Torah (Teaching), Nevi’im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings), describing
its origins, history and visions of a just society (myjewishlearning.com). Aside from
TaNaKh, Mishnah and Talmud are some of the sacred texts of the religion.

Torah
Jews regard this as the holiest part of the Tenakh. The word ‘torah’
means ‘instruction’ in Hebrew (the oldest Jewish language). The Jewish Bible is
mainly written in Hebrew. The Torah is known as the Five Books of Moses
(Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy). They tell the Jews
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will. Also, it is within this book that the Ten Commandments are found.
(www.bbc.co.uk)

The Ten Commandments, as written in the Torah, are (uri.org):

1. Worship no other God but me.

2. Do not make images to worship.
3. Do not misuse the name of God. Observe the Sabbath Day (Saturday).
4. Keep it Holy.

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5. Honor and respect your father and mother.
6. Do not murder.
7. Do not commit adultery.
8. Do not steal.
9. Do not accuse anyone falsely. Do not tell lies about other people.

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10. Do not envy other's possessions.

Nevi’im

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These books describe the history of Judaism after the death of Moses. They
tell of the Jews’ relationship with Yahweh and their history. They show
the covenant relationship with God in action and how the Jewish people worked
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through this. The three longer prophetic books are those of Isaiah,
Jeremiah and Ezekiel. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Ketuvim
The purpose of this collection, as with the Nevi’im, is to record the history of
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the Jews and their actions within the covenant relationship with God. The books
are very varied and deal with different events and themes. For example, the story
of Job is about a righteous man who is seriously tested by God. One of the main
teachings here is that we may not necessarily suffer due to sin. This section also
contains the book of Psalms which is a collection of writings in praise of God.
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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Mishnah
The Mishnah is the written collection of the Oral Torah. This collection came
about as a result of Roman oppression and occupation which caused the Jewish
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people to leave the Holy Land around 200CE. It was formed due to fear that the
Jewish people would lose their unity and beliefs if they were not in the Holy City.
It ran into 63 volumes, and Rabbi Judah (the rabbi most closely associated with
the compilation of the Mishnah) then divided it into the following six sections:
Zeraim (‘seeds’), Moed (‘festivals’), Nashim (‘women’), Nezikin (‘damages’),
Kedoshim (‘holy matters’) and Taharot (‘purities’). (www.bbc.co.uk)

Talmud
The Talmud is a commentary on the Mishnah. It came as a result of the
study of the Mishnah from the end of the second century CE. The discussions
between rabbis and students in academies in Israel and Babylon were written
down. There are two forms of the Talmud: Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud) –
this was put together by two Babylonian rabbis around 500 CE and Talmud
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the Babylonian Talmud. However, the Babylonian Talmud is more extensively

studied. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Fundamental Beliefs and Practices

Prayers and Services

Traditionally, Jews pray three times a day: in the morning (shaharith),
afternoon (minhah), and evening (maarib). The times of prayer are deemed to
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this and other ways, rabbinic Judaism metaphorically carries forward the structure
of the destroyed Temple cult. A company of ten men forms a congregation, or
quorum (minyan), for prayer. (qcc.cuny.edu)

The Sabbath

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The Jewish liturgical calendar carries forward the divisions of time
prescribed in the Torah and observed in the Temple cult. Every seventh day is
the Sabbath, when no work is performed. By this abstention, the Jew returns the

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world to its owner, that is, God, acknowledging that humans extract its produce
only on sufferance. The Sabbath is spent in prayer, study, rest, and family
feasting. An additional (musaf) service is recited in the synagogue on Sabbaths
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and festivals, corresponding to the additional sacrifice that is offered in the Temple
on these days. (qcc.cuny.edu)

Dietary Laws
Jewish dietary laws relate to the Temple cult. One's table at home is deemed
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analogous to the table of the Lord. Certain animals, considered unclean, are not
to be eaten (see Deuteronomy 14:3-21). Into this category fall pigs as well as fish
without fins or scales. Edible animals—those that have split hooves and chew their
cuds—must be properly slaughtered (kasher, or “fit”) and the blood fully drained
before the meat can be eaten. Meat and milk products are not to be eaten
together. (qcc.cuny.edu)
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Brit Milah, Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah

Health permitting, all Jewish boys are circumcised on the eighth day after
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birth. Practiced since the days of Abraham, the Brit Milah is a physical sign of the
Covenant. (embassies.gov.il)

Also, when a Jewish girl is 12, and a Jewish boy is 13, they come of age in
terms of their religious duties and responsibilities. On this occasion, the Bar
Mitzvah boy is for the first time called up to read the Torah portion and the reading
from the Prophets. In congregations where women participate in conducting the
service, Bat Mitzvah girls are also called up to read from the Torah and the
Prophets. (embassies.gov.il)

Issues of Judaism

Holocaust
The word “Holocaust,” from the Greek words “holos” (whole) and “kaustos”
(burned), was historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burned on an altar.
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and systematic state-sponsored prosecution and mass murder of millions of

European Jews (as well as millions of others, including Gypsies, the intellectually
disabled, dissidents and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime between 1933
and 1945.

To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an
alien threat to German racial purity and community. After years of Nazi rule in
Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted, Hitler’s “final
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War II, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps of
occupied Poland. Approximately six million Jews and some 5 million others,
targeted for racial, political, ideological and behavioral reasons, died in the
Holocaust. More than one million of those who perished were children.
(history.com)

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Antisemitism
The word antisemitism means prejudice against or hatred of Jews.

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The Holocaust, the state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews
by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, is history’s most
extreme example of antisemitism.
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In 1879, German journalist Wilhelm Marr originated the term antisemitism,
denoting the hatred of Jews, and also hatred of various liberal, cosmopolitan, and
international political trends of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries often
associated with Jews. The trends under attack included equal civil rights,
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constitutional democracy, free trade, socialism, finance capitalism, and pacifism.

(encyclopedia.ushmm.org)

Zionism
Zionism is a movement to recreate a Jewish presence in Israel. The name
comes from the word “Zion,” which is a Hebrew term that refers to Jerusalem. It
is a religious and political effort that brought thousands of Jews from around the
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world back to their ancient homeland in the Middle East and reestablished Israel
as the central location for Jewish identity. While some critics call Zionism an
aggressive and discriminatory ideology, the Zionist movement has successfully
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established a Jewish homeland in the nation of Israel. (history.com)

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DAY 3

D. 3. ENGAGEMENT

a. What is more?

ACTIVITY 5: “History – Their Story”

DIRECTIONS: In your own words, re-write the history of Judaism. (Rubric to be

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used for checking your answer is available in Letter F)

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ACTIVITY 6: “Venn Diagram

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DIRECTIONS: Make a comparison and contrast between Filipino and Jewish core
teachings, beliefs and practices using a Venn Diagram. (Rubric to be used for
checking your answer is available in Letter F)
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b. What I Can Do?

ACTIVITY 7: “Issue Resolution”

DIRECTIONS: Pick one from the issues in Judaism and think of ways on how to
solve it. (Rubric to be used for checking your answer is available in Letter F)

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(Issue)

I can solve this by/through…

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c. What other Enrichment Activities can I Engage In?
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ACTIVITY 8: “11th Commandment”

DIRECTIONS: The 10 Commandments guide us as we go along in our lives. We

made sure that each of them must be followed.
Give a chance to add one commandment more, what would it be and why?
(Rubric to be used for checking your answer is available in Letter F)
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(11th Commandment)
Reason:
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DAY 4

D. 4. ASSIMILATION

a. What I Have Learned?

ACTIVITY 9: “My Takeaways”

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions. (Rubric to be used for checking

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your answer is available in Letter F)

1. What is the history of Judaism?

2. What are the core teachings, beliefs and practices of the Jews?
3. What are the issues concerning Judaism?

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b. Assessment/What I Can Show?

ACTIVITY 10: “Post Test”

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DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write it on the separate
sheet of paper.

1. Who among the following is considered to be the “Father of Judaism”?

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A. Abraham B. Isaac C. Jacob D. Moses

2. Which among the following mountains became the place where God gave
Moses the 10 Commandments?
A. Mt. Ararat B. Mt. Jerusalem C. Mt. Olympus D. Mt. Sinai
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3. What particular sacred text corresponds to the letter “K” in the acronym of the
Jewish Bible, TaNaKn”?
A. Ketuvim B. Kino C. Koran D. Kana
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4. Which among the following DOES NOT belong to the Torah or Five Books of
Moses?
A. Exodus B. Genesis C. Jeremiah D. Numbers

5. Which among the following DOES NOT belong to the 10 Commandments as

written in the Torah?
A. Do not lie. C. Do not murder.
B. Keep it Holy. D. Do not steal.

6. What do you call the books that describe the history of Judaism after the death
of Moses?
A. Ketuvim B. Mishnah C. Nevi’im D. Torah

7. What do you call the collection of Oral Torah?

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A. Ketuvim B. Mishnah C. Nevi’im D. Torah

8. Which among the following IS NOT included in the division of Rabbi Judah?
A. Kedoshim B. Moed C. Musaf D. Zeraim

9. How many times a day do Jews pray?

A. three times B. five times C. eight times D. ten times

10. What do you call the company of 10 men forming a congregation for prayer?

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A. Kedoshim B. Kasher C. Minyan D. Musaf

11. Which of the following terms refers to the seventh day where no work is
performed by the Jews?
A. Ketuvim B. Minyan C. Sabbath D. Zeraim

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12. Which of the following foods is included in Jews’ dietary restrictions?
A. Cabbage B. Chicken C. Pigs D. Plums

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13. What do you call the religious duty of a girl that will start when she is 12 years
old where she called up to read from the Torah and the Prophets?
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A. Bar Mitzvah C. Bat Mitzvah
B. Bar Milah D. Brit Milah

14. Who is the leader of the Nazi who viewed that Jews were an inferior race?
A. A. Hitler B. K. Marx C. J. Iscariot D. W. Marr
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15. What is the term used to refer to the prejudice against the Jews?
A. Antisemitism B. Holocaust C. Xenophobia D. Zionism
MY SCORE:
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E. Guide Questions (already embedded in the activities)

F. Rubric for Scoring

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This rubric will be used to score Activities 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

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G. Reflection
Learners will write on their notebooks or journals their insights about the lesson.

• I understand that_________________________________________________.
• I realized that ___________________________________________________.

H. References for Learners

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Books

Ong, Jerome A. and Jose, Mary Dorothy dL. (2016). Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems,
Vibal Group

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Electronic Sources

About the Jewish Religion. Retrieved from https://embassies.gov.il/hague-

en/aboutisrael/people/Pages/Jewish-Religion.aspx
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Antisemitism. Retrieved from https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/antisemitism
Hebrew Bible: Torah, Prophets and Writings. Retrieved from
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hebrew-bible/
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Holocaust. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
Judaism: Basic Beliefs. Retrieved from https://uri.org/kids/world-religions/jewish-beliefs
Philosophy of Religion. Retrieved from
https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/phil_of_religion_text/chapter_2_religions/Judaism.htm
Sacred Writings. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z6wbqp3/revision/1
Zionism. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/zionism
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Photo Credits

http://request.org.uk/bible/old-testament/old-testament-introduction/
https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/what-background-ten-commandments
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Star-of-David
https://www.mashed.com/204020/heres-what-happens-when-you-drink-orange-juice-every-day/
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/israeli-flag/
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Activities 1, 2, 4,
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Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 10
6, 7, 8 and 9.
Subjective 1. A Picture 1: Bible / 1. A
Assessment
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3. B

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rubric for checking) 4. D Picture 2: Ten 4. C

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5. A Commandments 5. A
6. C 6. C
7. A Picture 3: Flag of 7. B
8. C Israel / Star of 8. C
9. A David 9. A
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10. C
11. C Picture 4: Juice 11. C
12. D 12. C
13. A Main Word: 13. C
14. A Judaism 14. A
15. B 15. A
I. Answer Key
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