Unit 4 Israel Extra Credit

Can do both activities

Extra Credit: 10 Points: Assigned: 11-8-16   Due:    12-9-16

After reviewing The Ten Commandments and seeing its purpose for the Christian and Jewish religion would you keep those same rules or come up with different ones? Create your own 10 commandments for the world. What do you think are 10 rules mankind should follow? Make your 10 commandments look like the ones we’ve studied in class.

1.      Make the rules decorative; put them on tablets, construction paper, etc.

2.      Must have 10 rules

3.      Must be school appropriate

4.      Think outside the box, what rules does mankind need in the 20^th century?

Extra Credit: 5 points: Pick one activity: Assigned: 11-8-16                      Due: 12-9-16

Write a letter as if you were one of the Egyptian citizens living in Egypt during the time of the plagues writing to their family in Babylon.

1.      Explain how life was before the plagues started.

2.      Explain what you were thinking/doing when the plagues first started

3.      Explain how the plagues have since affected you and your family

4.      Do you think the pharaoh is correct or should he let the Israelite people go? Explain your reasoning.

5.      Must be at least 1 page in length; can be typed or written.

Create a journal entry as if you were one of the farmers who found the Dead Sea Scrolls hidden in the caves at Qumran.

1.   Explain how your day started

2. Explain how you found the scrolls

3. Describe what they looked like (color, texture, smell, writing, etc.)

4. What happened after you found them (did you call the newspaper or a museum, did you want to keep them for yourself?)

5. Must be at least 1 page in length; can be typed or written.