1. Agenda: RLE- Christianity
Monday, October 6th
Announcements:
Next IT Starts Tomorrow
To Do Today:
Study Notes
Crash Course
Near Pod
Today you will need:
Notes
NearPod Session: JVQWN

2. World History Evidence: Rome: Foundations of Democracy
Date
Assignment
Title
Description of historical content
Type of work 1)
9.29
Principles of Judaism NOTES
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Chapter 1, section 3 2)
9.30
Principles of Judaism
HANDOUT
Summarize what you know about Judaism 3)
ACCESS
___/20
SUMMARIZE at END of the unit 4)
R,L,E Lecture
Introduce Judaism 4 Cornerstones through the 4 stages of Abram’s journey to the promise land 5)
10-1
Judaism Mapping
Create, print, or Skitch 22 items 6)
10-2
Timeline: RLE
Put dates on timeline 7)
10-3
Monotheistic Religions Chart and Venn Diagram
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Johnny Cash music video clip 8)
10-6
Crash Course: Christianity
John Greene 9)
10-7
Near Pod: Christianity and the Romans
10)

3. Christianity Overview
Gospel
Birth of Christ
Jesus, Messiah
Apostles
Jesus’ teaching
Crucifixion
Resurrection
Spreading the Gospel
Bible

4. Gospel: Old English for
“Good News”
New Testament: first four books of the New Testament tells story of Jesus and His followers

5. “the Son of the Most High God”
Mary Gave Birth to
“the Son of the Most High God”
Augustus Caesar had called for a census, therefore Mary and Joseph were traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem,
4 BC born in Bethlehem, outside of Jerusalem
Born to virgin Mary
Jesus was a descendant of King David

6. Savior: Sent by God to Lead
Jews to Freedom
-Savior, sent by God to lead the Jews to freedom.
-Jews believed that this was part of the covenant made between them and God, that they would be returned to their land in Palestine
-Jesus was a Jew, who grew up in Nazareth

7. Went with Jesus to Jerusalem to spread His message
Apostles:
“a person sent forth”
12 Disciples:
Went with Jesus to Jerusalem to spread His message
Large crowds followed Jesus, as he healed and taught short simple, moral lessons
Morals, ethics and justice were central themes to Jesus’ teachings.

8. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
Jesus Teachings
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
A person’s responsibility is to:
Follow the law:
Love your neighbor as yourself
Love your enemies
Turn the other cheek
Forgiveness

9. Common Way of Execution under Roman Rule
Crucifixion
Common Way of Execution under Roman Rule

10. Upon Resurrection, Jesus Commanded
His Disciples to Carry His Teachings to All Nations
In tomb for three days, was resurrected
Spoke to disciples and appeared to people, then ascended to heaven

11. Disciples began to Preach
Spread of the Gospel
Disciples began to Preach
Saul, originally rejected Christianity
From Rome, had never seen Jesus until He appeared to him in a vision, converted to Christianity and went by the God-given name of Paul
-Paul did missionary work throughout the Mediterranean and set Christianity on the road to becoming a world religion
-Wrote long letters that became part of the New Testament
-Killed in time of Nero
-Main difference between Judaism and Christianity is that Jesus was the Christians’ messiah
-New covenant that focuses on faith in Jesus, instead of strict observance of the law
Apostle Paul

12. Eventually Recorded in the New Testament
Jesus Teachings:
Eventually Recorded in the New Testament
Old Testament adopted and includes the First 5 books of the Torah= Jewish Law
Jesus practiced Jewish Law
Jesus interpreted the law differently than some Jewish authorities
New Testament: recorded decades after Jesus’ crucifixion in the New Testament- first 4 books of the Gospel

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