Tyr’s Day, April 16: The Abrahamic Monotheisms EQ1: How are monotheisms different from polytheisms? EQ2: How and why are Judaism, Christianity and Islam linked? Welcome! Gather paper, pen/cil, wits, old work!
Unit 3 Tests Unit 4 Overview
The Abrahamic Monotheisms o CLOZE o Graphic Organizer
ELACC12RL-RI2: Analyze two or more themes or central ideas of text ELACC12RL3: Analyze impact of author’s choices regarding elements of a story ELACC12RI3: Analyze and explain how individuals, ideas, events interact, develop ELACC12RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text ELACC12RI8: Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal British texts ELACC12RL-RI9: Analyze for theme, purpose rhetoric, and how texts treat similar themes or topics ELACC12RL10: Read and comprehend complex literature independently and proficiently. ELACC12W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas ELACC12W4: Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience ELACC12W5: Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting ELACC12W10: Write routinely over extended and shorter time frames ELACC12SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions ELACC12SL3: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, evidence and rhetoric ELACC12L1: Demonstrate standard English grammar and usage in speaking and writing. WorldLitComp Statistical Analysis, Spring 2013 Unit 3 Grade TEST GHSWT 3 OVERALL A’s 8 ? 5 (90 – 110) B’s 4 ? 7 (80 – 89) C’s 2 ? 2 (72 – 79) 2/2 missing, late, All missing, inc. NB, RJ inc. Major Grades D’s 2 ? 2 (70 – 71) 2/2 missing, late, All missing, inc. NB, RJ inc. Major Grades F’s 8 ? 7 (0 – 69) 6/8 no notes; All have missing, 8/8 missing, late, inc. Major Grades inc. NB, RJ Mean (average score,) 76.7 ? 76.09 Median 83 ? 77 (same # higher/lower) High Grade 105 ? 99
Remediation Options Do Nothing. Grade remains the same. Make Up Zeroes. 70% credit if by Monday (Saturday School) Revise Errant Work for new grades. See me after class to speak individually about your grades. WorldLitComp Test Prep: Ancient Greece 40 Point Major Grade ~ Given Tuesday, April 9, 2012 ~ TOP SCORE 110! YOU MAY CREATE ONE SHEET OF NOTES TO USE!
I. 30 pt: Explain. Your test will feature 4 of these questions; you must write detailed answers (2-3 complete sentences each) for 3 of them. Ten points each.
1. Why is Athens called a city-state, and why do we know more about it than about others? 2. What is a pantheon, what is polytheism, and how do gods in polytheisms tend to behave? 3. Define hubris, then explain using an example from our reading. 4. Define hamartia, then explain using an example from our reading. 5. Define dramatic irony, then explain using an example from our reading. 6. Define tragic flaw, then explain using an example from our reading. 7. Why was Achilles’ rage justified – and why does that not matter? 8. What did Pericles believe about the relationship between Athens’ freedom and its strength? 9. What is the difference between a sophist and a philosopher? 10. Explain the specific relationship between Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. 11. What is the Socratic Method, and how did Socrates get into trouble by using it? 12. What does Socrates mean by calling his speech an Apology? 13. What were the charges against Socrates, and how did he answer each one? 14. What choices of punishment was Socrates given, and why did he decide as he did? 15. Briefly summarize and explain the Allegory of the Cave in Plato’s Republic. 16. What is the difference between what Aristotle called a “probable impossibility” and an “impossible probability” – and which did he say we would “believe”? 17. Why would it be literally true to say that the Greeks considered violence to be obscene?
II. 30 pt: Analyze. Write thorough, detailed answers (2-3 sentences each) for the following.
A. 10 points: Submit “13 Questions” completed and staple it to test OR classify EACH of the following questions as historical, scientific, or philosophical, and write a sentence “apologizing for” your choice, telling why you classed it this way. These are not the actual questions that will be on the actual test, but they’ll be similar in nature. a. What is the chemical formula for hydrochloric acid? b. How much hydrochloric acid would be needed to melt 200 Peeps? c. Why, of all possible foods, are Peeps the snacks we love to destroy in creative ways?
B. 20 points: Submit a COMPLETE Reading Journal OR write detailed answers (2-3 sentences each) to questions for BOTH passages from Unit Reading I give you to analyze and write about. III. 50 pt: Evaluate. Provide detailed discussion (4-5 good paragraphs) for this question: How might the story of Oedipus have turned out differently if Oedipus had been a student of Socrates? Answer by discussing details of both men’s lives and beliefs. Quote from BOTH The Apology and Oedipus to develop your answer! WorldLitComp Unit 3 Test Rubric: Ancient Greece Test Question No Attempt; Standard not met; Standard nearly Standard met; Standard well CRUSHED IT 0% CREDIT 20-60% credit met; Passing Average work met; GOOD! EXCELLENT! 70-75% credit 76-82% credit 83-91% credit 92-100% credit Good answer, I, 1: Explain No answer Incorrect, Generally correct, Mostly correct, Outstanding! but perfection attempted incomplete very vague; needs somewhat vague; needs a little _____/10 pts or not in sentences much more detail needs more detail more detail
Good answer, I, 2: Explain No answer Incorrect, Generally correct, Mostly correct, Outstanding! but perfection attempted incomplete very vague; needs somewhat vague; needs a little _____/10 pts or not in sentences much more detail needs more detail more detail
Good answer, I, 3: Explain No answer Incorrect, Generally correct, Mostly correct, Outstanding! but perfection attempted incomplete very vague; needs somewhat vague; needs a little _____/10 pts or not in sentences much more detail needs more detail more detail
Good answer, II, 1: Analyze: No answer Incorrect, Generally correct, Mostly correct, Outstanding OR but perfection Questions attempted incomplete very vague; needs somewhat vague; needs a little or not in sentences much more detail needs more detail Submitted _____/10 pts more detail COMPLETED 13 Questions Good answer, II, 2: Analyze: No answer Incorrect, Generally correct, Mostly correct, Outstanding OR but perfection 1st passage attempted incomplete very vague; needs somewhat vague; Submitted needs a little or not in sentences much more detail needs more detail COMPLETED more detail _____/10 pts Reading Journal
Good answer, II, 3: Analyze: No answer Incorrect, Generally correct, Mostly correct, Outstanding OR but perfection 2nd passage attempted incomplete very vague; needs somewhat vague; needs a little or not in sentences much more detail needs more detail Submitted _____/10 pts more detail COMPLETED Reading Journal
III: Evaluation: No answer Too brief for full Generally correct Mostly correct, Good answer, Outstanding! What if Oedipus attempted credit (1-2 ¶s); needs much more somewhat vague; but perfection were Socrates’ incorrect, explanation, needs detail needs a little student? incomplete, or detail; quotes more detail does not quote seem irrelevant _____/50 pts Comments: Test Grade WorldLitComp Assignments, Spring 2013 Unit Four: The Abrahamic Monotheisms
15 Makeup Work; Freedom of Speech 16 Unit Three Test; Introduction to Unit Four: The Abrahamic Monotheisms 17 Judaism: Abraham and Isaac (Old Testament) 18 Judaism: Old Testament: Commandments and Psalms 19 GHSWT Practice Essay #3 returned and remediated **************** 22 Islam: Qu’ran 23 Islam: 1001Arabian Nights (textbook, handout) 24 Christianity: The Woman Taken In Sin 25 The Experiment: Thomas Jefferson and American Religious Liberty 26 Film/Play: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream **************** SPRING BREAK UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 6 **************** 6 Christianity: The Sermon On The Mount 7 Lecture/Presentation: Dante and the Birth of the Modern Mind; Reading Inferno 8 Class Reading: Dante Alighieri, Inferno Canto I 9 Class Reading: Dante Alighieri, Inferno Canto III 10 Computer Lab: Dante on the Web **************** 13 Class Reading: Dante Alighieri, Inferno Canto IV 14 Class Reading: Dante Alighieri, Inferno Canto V 15 Class Reading: Dante Alighieri, Inferno Canto XXXIV 16 Unit Four Notebook and Reading Journal DUE; Exam Packet Distributed 17 MAYFAIR! **************** 20 Exam Packet Work; Project Work: Retribution in Terza Rima 21 GHSWT Practice Essay #4: Final Exam (counts as half of exam grade) 22 Exam Day Test 23 Project Work: Retribution in Terza Rima 24 Project Presentations: Retribution in Terza Rima **************** THAT’S ALL, FOLKS! HAVE A NICE AND THOROUGHLY EXAMINED LIFE! Polytheisms and Monotheisms
Most anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists agree that people appear to have believed in deities (gods, spirits, angels, demons, and so forth) for tens of thousands of years – as far back as we have found art, writing, or other artifacts indicating anything about human beliefs. The most ancient religions – thousands of years BCE – seem to have been polytheistic (belief in more than one god). Monotheistic religions came much later in human history. The earliest we know of seems to have been Zoroastrianism, which appeared in the Middle East in about 700 BCE.
As we have discussed, polytheisms and monotheisms differ not just in the number of gods involved, but in the characteristics of the gods involved. Polytheisms tend to see the gods as more powerful and sometimes more wise than people, but not usually more virtuous. In monotheisms, the One God is usually regarded as the One Source of life, wisdom, and morality. This certainly is true of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, which together are called the Abrahamic Monotheisms. The Abrahamic Monotheisms
Judaism Christianity Islam The Star of David The Cross The Crescent and Star
Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham” The Abrahamic Faiths Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham” Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called the Abrahamic Monotheisms because all three trace their origins to Abraham, whose story is found in the book of Genesis in Judaism and Christianity, and in the Koran (Qu’ran) of Islam. All three share one story: God made a covenant with Abraham, promising to raise up a chosen people through his sons Isaac and Ishmael. Each faith believes its own followers are the promised chosen people through those sons. Judaism: Abraham’s son Isaac is regarded as the father of the Jews, through whom they are the chosen people and given the promised land. Christianity: St. Paul writes that Jesus is a spiritual descendant of Isaac, and Christians believe that the faith Abraham showed by agreeing to sacrifice his son Isaac provided the Christian model of devotion, thereby foreshadowing God’s sacrificing of His son Jesus. Islam: Abraham (Ibrahim) is one of the holiest prophets, and his “other” son, Ishmael, is regarded as father of the Arabic people. The Abrahamic Faiths Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham”
Judaism began in Palestine about 1400 BCE when Moses was given The Laws. Its followers are called Jews. Christianity began in Palestine sometime after Jesus’ crucifixion in 33 CE, and was formalized at the Council of Nicea in 325 CE. Its followers are called Christians. Islam began in Mecca in the 7th Century CE when an angel revealed himself to Muhammed, a descendent of Abraham through Ishmael. Its followers are called Muslims. The Abrahamic Faiths Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham”
Judaism has one God, supreme and indivisible. His name is Jahweh, but as this name is not to be “taken in vain,” so He is called, simply, “God.” Christianity has one God, the same God as in Judaism, and He exists in the Trinity – Father, Son (Jesus), Holy Spirit. As in Judaism, He is called “God.” Islam has one God, the same God as in Christianity and Judaism, and His name is Allah, supreme and indivisible. The Abrahamic Faiths Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham” Judaism’s holiest prophet is Moses, an ordinary man raised up by God, who liberated His Chosen people and led them to the Promised Land. God gave The Law to Moses, so he is called The Lawgiver. Christianity’s holiest prophet is Jesus, the Son of God, God in human form, and therefore no ordinary man. He leads people to salvation, so therefore is called The Messiah. Islam’s holiest prophet is Muhammed, an ordinary man to whom an angel revealed all truth. Because of this, he is called The Prophet. The Abrahamic Faiths Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham” Judaism’s holy book is known as the Torah. It is essentially the same as the Old Testament in the Christian Bible. Christianity’s holy book is the Bible, Old and New Testaments. Islam accepts the divinity of the Torah and the Bible, but its holiest book is the Koran (Qu’ran), revealed to Muhammed by the angel Gabriel (Jibrail) as a set of additions and clarifications to those earlier holy books. For Muslims, it is the Koran, not the man Muhammed, that is holiest. The three books share many of the same elements: The same Creation story – Adam and Eve, the Serpent, the Tree, the Fall The same Flood story – Noah’s Ark, and the Covenant The same Commandments, laws, and restrictions on diet and behavior The same basic beliefs about an afterlife for the virtuous and/or chosen, though in Christianity the divinity and person of Jesus is more important than behavior CLOZE/ Graphic Organizer: The Abrahamic Monotheisms
1. As far as scholars can tell, for how long have human beings believed in gods of some sort?
2. Which seems to have come first in human history: polytheisms or monotheisms?
3. The first monotheism we know about was ______, which appeared in
______in about the year ______.
4. Polytheisms and monotheisms differ not just in the number of gods involved but also how?
5. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called The ______Monotheisms.
6. This is because:
Three Monotheisms From “Father Abraham” Judaism Christianity Islam Symbol of the Faith (do your best to draw each well)
Symbol of the Faith (name) Followers are called
“God” is called
Year faith began Faith’s connection to Abraham (summarize)
Holiest Prophet and what he is called
Why he is holy (summarize)
Holiest Sacred Text
Shared Basic Elements (list them)