Syllabus for Eighth Grade Jewish History

Projected Syllabus for 8^th Grade Jewish History

Week 1 – Chapter 23: Jews in Eastern Europe (Part One)
          I: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 13, 15, 16
          II: 3

Week 2 – Chapter 24: Jews in Eastern Europe (Part Two)
          II: All
          III: 1, 2, 4-6, 10, 14

Week 3 – Chapter 25: The Catastrophe of Tach Vetat
          I: 1
          II: All
         

Week 4 – Chapter 26: Desperation That Led to Disaster: Shabtai Tzvi
          IV: 4-6, 8-21, 23-25

Week 5 – Chapter 27: The Chassidic Movement: The Baal Shem Tov
          I: 8-10, 11
          II: 1, 5, 6
          III: 2-6, 8-22, 24, 26

Week 6 – Chapter 28: The Disciples of the Baal Shem Tov
          II: All
          IV:7, 8, 11, 13, 23, 26-33

Week 7 – Chapter 29: The Gaon of Vilna
          II: 1, 2, 6-12
          IV: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 16-21

Week 8 – Chapter 30: Moses Mendelssohn: The Darkness of Enlightenment
          II:4-15, 20-23, 25, 29, 30
          V: 5, 8-10, 13, 14, 19, 20, 24, 26

 Week 9 – Chapter 31: Napoleon and the Jews
          II: All
         

Week 10 – Chapter 32: Emancipation: Really a Blessing?
          II: 2, 3
          III: All
          IV: 10, 12, 13, 17, 19

Week 11 – Chapter 33: The Battle Against Reform: Aileh Divrei HaBrit
          III: 1, 2, 4, 11, 14, 18, 27

Week 12 – Chapter 34: Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch: Torah im Derech Eretz
          II: 2-5
          III: 1, 3-8, 10, 12-14, 19, 21-26

Week 13 – Chapter 35: Anti-Semitism in Modern Times
          II: All
          III: 1, 3-6, 9-11, 13, 15,17-19, 21, 23

Week 14 – Chapter 36: Czarist Russia
          II: 1, 3-7, 9-22, 28-32

Week 15 – Chapter 37: Pogroms
          III: All

Week 16 – Chapter 40: Volozhin, “Mother of Yeshivot”, & the Mussar Movement
          I: All
         

Weeks 17 &18 – Chapter 38: Zionism
You may not use your homework pass for any part of this assignment.

Go to  http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/act/17zion.html
     
     Week 17 - Sections B & C - Work with up to 3 partners in the same JH period as you

     Week 18 - Section D - You may work with one partner in your period or alone. 

Weeks 19 & 20– The Shoah
      Book Report

Week 21 – Immigration to America

Week 22 – Immigration to Israel

Week 23 – Israel’s Wars 

Week 24 – Modern Israel

Week 25 - Modern Gedolei Yisrael