Getting Started1.Reminder:

Due Wednesday, December 2

Read pp 92-93 in Part A.

On p 93 answer map zone q on p 43 in your notebook.

2.Take out your Social Studies notebook and copy the following on the next line in your Table of Contents:

12/1 Creation Stories 44-45

Students will identify elements of early religions by comparing and contrasting creation stories from

the Middle East.

Success CriteriaI can identify elements from the Hebrew creation story.

I can identify elements from the Babylonian creation story.

I can identify elements from the Muslim creation story.

I can compare and contrast the three stories.

Vocabulary

Old Testament - the holy book of Judaism, which tells the history of the Hebrews (Jewish ancestors)

Quran - the holy book of Islam

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Comparing CreationsHebrews - settled in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley. The Hebrews are responsible for writing much of the Bible.

Babylonians - were a group of people who lived in Mesopotamia around the same time as the Hebrews.

Muslims - populated the area we call Mesopotamia after the Hebrews and Babylonians. They developed their own Islamic creation story.

Comparing CreationsClose Reading, Genesis

Number paragraphs

Read Genesis

Annotate Genesis

Circle the words that will help you answer the focus question. Reread the passage by going back and writing the key words down in the margin.Summarize Genesis

Success CriteriaI can identify elements from the Hebrew creation story.

I can identify elements from the Babylonian creation story.

I can identify elements from the Muslim creation story.

I can compare and contrast the three stories.

Comparing CreationsClose Reading, Babylonian Creation or Islamic Creation

Number paragraphs

Read Babylonian Creation or Islamic Creation

Annotate Babylonian Creation or Islamic Creation

Circle the words that will help you answer the focus question. Reread the passage by going back and writing the key words down in the margin.

Summarize Babylonian Creation or Islamic Creation

Comparing CreationsHebrews - settled in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley. The Hebrews are responsible for writing much of the Bible.

Babylonians - were a group of people who lived in Mesopotamia around the same time as the Hebrews.

Muslims - populated the area we call Mesopotamia after the Hebrews and Babylonians. They developed their own Islamic creation story.

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Success CriteriaI can identify elements from the Hebrew creation story.

I can identify elements from the Babylonian creation story.

I can identify elements from the Muslim creation story.

I can compare and contrast the three stories.

Exit Ticket

What factors might explain any

similarities among the stories?

What factors might explain any

differences among the stories?