Lesson 1
Biblical Background, The Jewish Connection to the Land of Israel
Lesson 2
Tribal Society
Lesson 3
Israel and Judah in Archaeology
Lesson 4
Israel and Judah in The Bible
Lesson 5
Kingdoms and Assyrian Conquest
Lesson 6
The Destruction of The First Temple/Talmud
Lesson 7
Babylonian Conquest in Archaeology
Lesson 8
Diaspora , Life in Exile
Lesson 9
Ezra and Nehemia- Shivat Zion/The Return To Zion
Lesson 10
The Second Temple 516 BC
Lesson 11
Age of Hellenism, the battle between assimilation and tradition
Lesson 12
The Sadducees, The Pharisees and The Essenes
Lesson 13
The Hasmonian Rebellion /Hannukah
Lesson 14
Herod, The Destruction of The Second Temple 70 CE
Yavneh -Rabbinic Judaism
Lesson 15
The Bar Kochba Revolt and The Dead Sea Scrolls
***Plus a brief history of the Alphabet
Lesson 16
Masada, Josephus Flavius
Lesson 17
Jesus (Back 70 years on the timeline)
Lesson 18
Archaeology from Canaan/A diverse history
Lesson 19
Lost Tribes of Israel- Independent Research
Lesson 20
Purim!
5 Century BCE
The Jews of Iran
Lesson 21
Rabbi Judah Hanassi, Creation of Mishna, The Two Talmuds
Lesson 22
The Birth of Islam , The Jews of Saudi Arabia
Lesson 23
Jews under Mulsim rule
Maimonides
Sephardic Jews
Lesson 24
Ashkenaz- a traditional society
Lesson 25
Rashi (banned books)
Lesson 26
The Spanish Inquisition, Sephardic Diaspora
Lesson 27
Jewish Americans
Lesson 28
Field Trip / Tenement Museum
Lesson 29
Jewish Languages and Timeline Activity
Lesson 30
“Jewpardy”- review of semester
