History Month #6 2020-2021 Journeyman (Geography) Israel

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Israel and work on memorizing the countries that surround it and be able to find it on a world map.  

2 - Print and study a blank map of Israel for your commonplace book and mark the following things:
      (This map is your ticket into class, so make sure you have it and it's filled out.)

• major bodies of water and rivers
• 5 major cities
• 3 crops and where they are grown
• major mountain ranges and other physical features (deserts, plains, peninsulas, etc)
• LDS temple(s)
• Geography from the Ancient World.  (You'll probably have to look these up online.) Make sure to include:
• Egypt
• Canaan
• Red Sea
• Bethlehem
• Jerusalem
• Mediterranean Sea

3 - Here are some articles to help you better understand the history of the conflict between Israel & Palestine since it's in the news almost every day and it's an ongoing issue.  Please read/watch one of the following and prepare for a class discussion. (You can do more if you want to, but are only required to do one):

• Read Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Read Understanding the House of Israel (online picture book)
• Read Orson Hyde's 1841 Mission to the Holy Land (Ensign, Oct. 1991)
• Watch this video on Zionism and the Balfour Declaration
• Watch this video on the Partition of Israel and Palestine
• Watch this slideshow on the History of Israeli-Palestinian conflict (slides 4-11)

4 - Study maps of Ancient Israel through the time of Christ, from time of Christ to 1947, and a modern map. Print these for your CPB.

Know/Understand
Write for 5 minutes from the perspective of an Israeli. How do you feel about the creation of Israel and the war that began the next day? Then, switch sides and write for 5 minutes from the perspective of a Palestinian. How do you feel about the creation of Israel and the resulting war?

As an LDS youth, with the perspective of the revelations in the scriptures for the destiny of the Jewish people, what are your thoughts on the formation of the state of Israel?  Journal for 5 minutes.