How did the Jewish people try to create an ideal community in the Promised Land? Learning Outcome To describe the story of the Exodus and its impact on Jewish communities Tuesday 14 th June Starter Glue in your homework and highlight your most negative and most positive aspect of the community. Using these, ask your peers their top negative and positive community aspects.

All students will be able to describe the story of the Exodus – Level 3–4-. Most students will be able to make links between the Moses story and the authority of the ten commandments – Level 4-5. Some students will be able to evaluate the relevance of these laws for people today Level 5-6. Learning Outcomes

Watch the story of the Exodus (14mins 14seconds) Identify the negative features of the community before the exodus and suggest reasons why, once they had fled, the people required laws for the community to live by.

Animated World Faiths: Moses and The Passover Meal Rachel is impatiently waiting for the time of Passover to arrive. Her grandfather tells her the story of the Passover in Egypt. Beginning with the suffering under Pharoah, he tells her about the escape of the Hebrew slaves to the desert and their arrival in the Promised Land. Reasons why I think the Israelites needed rules to live by are: Negative features of the community before the exodus

After Moses had freed the Jews from slavery in Egypt he had to help them get to the Promise Land of Israel While they were making this journey Moses was given instructions by God. God told him to go to the top of Mount Sinai and collect instructions about how the Jews were to live and worship

These instructions were

The 10 Commandments tell Jews how to live and worship, but they also tell all of us how to treat other people The 10 Commandments are the most important rules for Jews. They were given directly from God and tell the Jews exactly how God wants them to live and worship

Card Matching Activity For each of the Commandments, work out how a Jewish person might put this into practise in their everyday life by matching the cards to the Commandment. Once you have done this, add other ideas of your own about how a Jewish person could achieve this. Extension: Do you think the Ten Commandments are still relevant today? Give two reasons for your opinion.

1.Why are the 10 Commandments so important to Jews? 2.Are the 10 Commandments relevant in today’s society? Give reasons for your answer

Write your own 10 Commandments: a) for you b) for the school c) for the world Explain why you have chosen each one. Due: Tuesday 21st June Homework

Plenary: Listen to each commandment and stand between numbers 1-10 to decide on its’ relevance in today’s society: 1 very relevant, 10 – no relevance at all.

All students will be able to describe the story of the Exodus – Level 3–4-. Most students will be able to make links between the Moses story and the authority of the ten commandments – Level 4-5. Some students will be able to evaluate the relevance of these laws for people today Level 5-6. Learning Outcomes

DO NOT WORSHIP ANY OTHER GODS

DO NOT WORSHIP ANY IDOLS

DO NOT USE GOD’S NAME IN A BAD WAY

DO NOT WORK ON THE SABBATH DAY

RESPECT YOUR PARENTS

DO NOT KILL

DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY

DO NOT STEAL

DO NOT LIE

DO NOT BE JEALOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE

Plenary: Listen to each commandment and stand between numbers 1-10 to decide on its’ relevance in today’s society: 1 very relevant, 10 – no relevance at all.

All students will be able to describe the story of the Exodus – Level 3–4-. Most students will be able to make links between the Moses story and the authority of the ten commandments – Level 4-5. Some students will be able to evaluate the relevance of these laws for people today Level 5-6. Learning Outcomes

The Positive and Negative aspects of 8AS’s Communities NamePositive AspectWhy it’s Positive Negative Aspect Why it’s Negative

Animated World Faiths: Moses and The Passover Meal Rachel is impatiently waiting for the time of Passover to arrive. Her grandfather tells her the story of the Passover in Egypt. Beginning with the suffering under Pharoah, he tells her about the escape of the Hebrew slaves to the desert and their arrival in the Promised Land. Reasons why I think the Israelites needed rules to live by are: Negative features of the community before the exodus