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Miracle of the Maccabees: http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/219028/jewish/Miracle-of-the-Maccabees.htm

Websites for information on Unit 1 Lesson 2: Politics & Geography in Palestine at the Beginning of the New Testament

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Sanhedrin.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great#Architectural_achievements
http://www.nndb.com/people/899/000103590/
http://www.aish.com/jl/h/cc/48942446.html>.
                http://www.bbc.co.uk/religions/christianity/history/herod.shtml
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Roman_Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor
http://www.relationalconcepts.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=a_6J2_HY0gk%3D&tabid=73
http://www.everystudent.com/wires/women.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/cfe_bibl.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanhedrin
http://www.jewishtreats.org/2009/02/great-sanhedrin.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Sanhedrin.html
                http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/order.html
                http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/rome_social_structure_class_patricians.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ROMwomen.htm

<http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_did_the_roman_governors_do>.
http://www.thejewisheye.com/betwerome.html>.

http://www.11th-hour.info/Articles/The_Sanhedrin.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/522434/sanhedrin.
http://christianity.about.com/od/glossary/a/Sanhedrin.htm.
http://www.thesanhedrin.org/en/index.php?title=The_Re-established_Jewish_Sanhedrin.

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Life in Palestin at the time of Jesus Presentations

To make a prezi presentation go to www.prezi.com and create an account. When you are finished email the link to jbader@scs.edu.do (if you make a PowerPoint Presentation send it as an attachment). Remember to put your name and the title of the assignment in the subject line

1.       Herod the Great

a.       what was his nationality

b.      how did he rise to power

c.       what did he build to please the Jews

d.      what did he build to honor Caesar

2.       Social classes

a.       who were the lower classes, middle classes and upper classes

b.      how were their lives different from each other

c.       women's roles and responsibilities

d.      society's attitudes towards women

3.       Political world

a.       the relationship between the Romans and the Jews

b.      the role of the Roman procurator

c.       Roman soldiers and the Jewish citizens

4.       Samaritans

a.       who they were

b.      their beliefs

c.       relationship with the Jews

5.       The Great Sanhedrin

a.       who they were

b.      how they were organized

c.       their role in society

d.      their interaction with the Romans

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Webquest: Hanukkah

Explore the website. Make sure that you become familiar with the history and the practices of the holiday. Once you have had time to review the website and feel ready, take the quiz at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9Wc0V3Z1NibTZDc2hPTlA0NlN0VFE6MA.

Questions On Mark 1: 14-4: 63

click on the above link or go to https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFpiUnhOcU1HREZPMXhlMVBzSlBOdWc6MA.. and answer the questions

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Websites on Mary

Explore the following websites (you may use others and write down 5 things that Protestants say about Mary and 5 things that Catholics say about Mary - 10 total) then write a paragraph regarding your view of her.

General Information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_%28mother_of_Jesus%29

Protestant- Evangelico

http://www.discerningtheworld.com/2010/09/25/mary-queen-of-heaven-whore-of-babylon/#more-9384

Catholic

http://www.ourladyweb.com/mary.html

http://www.ourladyweb.com/mary-defended.html

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Persecution

Explore the following websites

www.persecution.com

www.prisoneralert.com

Once you have read some of the stories and seen some of the media and learn more about Christians who are being persecuted

Re-answer the question: Where Christians being persecuted today by who and in what ways?

Use the prisoneralert website to write a letter

Print the letter and the address (if you want to use Google translator to add more to your letter or even just write a message you can)

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Social Justice

http://www.hrw.org/en/multimedia

Explore the multimedia on the above link and then write a 2 paragraph reflection on what you learned.

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7 Letters to the 7 Churches

http://www.luthersem.edu/ckoester/revelation/main.htm