Judaism Mini-Harkness Discussions (50 points exam category)

For our final unit of the fall quarter, we are exploring foundational sources and varied interpretations of Judaism and the ancient Israelites.  We will look to a variety of visual, primary and secondary sources, including the Greenstein text you purchased for the class.  On your final date of class during “End of Fall Quarter Week,” students will be broken into four smaller groups for four smaller discussions of assigned texts.  Your goal is to answer the question of "what is Judaism and how does its history affect its followers and its message?"  In preparing you may find it useful to post your own ideas toward the discussion on the Schoology discussion page I created.  This could include raising interesting evidence you run across in the readings (cite quote, author, and page number), creating a word collage of your interpretation, and/or providing your input on the variety of "LENS" or "definitions” to understand Judaism.  Schoology participation will be taken into account by Ms. Gerst in calculating scores.

GROUP A 

You will focus on the Michael Fishbane source, juxtaposing its perspective with the other primary and secondary sources. 

7th period	8th period
Molly  Jonny Nicholas   Lea Neal	Anne Avery Sam  Eli H Orion

GROUP B 

You will focus on the Kertzer/Hoffman source, juxtaposing its perspective with the other primary and secondary sources. 

7th period	8th period
Nikhil  Ben E Jamison  Isabel  Ross	Paul Charlie Annie Soundjata  Caroline

GROUP C 

You will focus on the Martin Buber source, juxtaposing its perspective with the other primary and secondary sources.

7th period	8th period
John  Adrian  Carson  Katerina  Zain	* Nolan * Saige * Stanley  *Daniel  * Eli G *Neha

GROUP D

You will focus on the Greenstein source, juxtaposing its perspective with the other primary and secondary sources. 

7th period	8th period
Ben R  Henrik  Kathy  Mayher	* Alex  * Isabella * Ody * Kaley * Chauson

You will work in small groups to prepare for the mini-Harkness discussion. Each group will develop interesting evidence from the readings to examine which focuses on their assigned source, juxtaposed with the other primary and secondary sources.