Syllabus for Seventh Grade Jewish History

Week 1 – Feldheim Chapter 1 Roots in the Ashes

            Homework: Section 1: All
                              Section 2: Part One: 2-4, Part Two: 1, 2, 6
                              Section 3: 4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 22, 23, 27, 28, 32 ,34, 37, 38, 41-43 

Week 2 – Feldheim Chapter 2 Dor HaShmad

             Homework: Section 1: 1, 5-9
                               Section 2: 1, 3-5, 8, 9
                               Section 3: 6, 8, 9, 12, 33, 39, 40 

Week 3 – Feldheim Chapter 3 The Decline of Jewish Life in Eretz Yisrael

             Homework: Sections 1&2 

Week 4 – Feldheim Chapter 4 Tekufas HaTalmud and the Savoraim

             Homework: Section 1: 1, 2, 4-8, 11-18, 20
                               Section 2: 6, 23, 34-36, 38-40, 45, 48, 51 

Week 5 – Early Christianity

              Homework: TBA 

Week 6 – Feldheim Chapter 5 Dark Ages, Jewish Light

               Homework: Section 1: 2, 4-9
                                 Section 2: 1, 3-5, 7, 10-12
                                 Section 3: 12, 15-18 

Week 7 – Feldheim Chapter 6 The Rise of Islam

               Homework: Sections 1&2: All
                                 Section 3: 6, 7, 11, 20, 22, 24

 Week 8 – Feldheim Chapter 7 Rav Saadya Gaon

               Homework: Sections 1&3 - All
                                 Section 4: 10, 11, 17, 26-33 

Week 9 – Feldheim Chapter 9 Jews in Italy and Spain

                Homework: Section 3: 1, 5, 6, 8, 15, 16, 18-20, 24, 25

Week 10 – Feldheim Chapter 10 The Golden Age of Spain

                 Homework: Section 2: 1-4, 7
                                   Section 3: 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 24, 28, 29, 37, 41, 43, 46 
                                             

Week 11 – Feldheim Chapter 11 The Rif and His Students

                 Homework: Section 2 - All
                                   Section 4: 15-18, 23-26, 28, 29

 Week 12 – Feldheim Chapter 12 The Rambam

                 Homework: Section 1: 1, 2, 5
                                    Section 2: All
                                    Section 4: 2, 3, 5-7, 9-14
                                    Section 5: 3, 13, 17, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38

 Week 13 – Feldheim Chapter 13 Franco-German Centers
                 Homework: Section 2: 5-7
                                   Section 3: All
                                   Section 4: 22

 Week 14 - Feldheim Chapter 14 Rashi

                  Homework: Section 2: 13-17
                                    Section 3: 1-3, 5-7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 22-24, 26-28, 30, 32

 Week 15 – Feldheim Chapter 15 The Crusades

                  Homework: Sections 1&2: All

 Week 16 – Feldheim Chapter 16 Southern France: Problems in Provence

                 Homework: Section 1: All

 Week 17 – Feldheim Chapter 17 The Ramban

                 Homework: Section 3: 1-4, 7-9, 11, 14, 16, 18-21, 24

 Week 18 – Feldheim Chapter 18 The Last Rishonim and the Anshei HaChein

                 Homework: Section 3: All

 Week 19 - Feldheim Chapter 19 The Decline of Spanish Jewry

                 Homework: Section 2: All
                                   Section 3: All
                                   Section 4: 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, 38, 41, 45, 49, 54

 Week 20 – Feldheim Chapter 20 Marranos Who Returned to Judaism

                 Homework: Section 1: All
                                   Section 2: All

 Week 24 – Feldheim Chapter 21 Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance

                 Homework: Sections 1 & 2

 Week 25 – Feldheim Chapter 22 Tzefat in its Glory

                 Homework: Section 4: 1-3
                                    Section 5: 2-5
                                    Section 6: 11, 13-18, 22, 23