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Title: The Creation of Israel

Date: February 27th, 2014

Write down the Essential Question.

EQ: Why was the nation of Israel created?


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Jewish nation-state created in 1947

Intended to be a place where Jewishpeople could openly practice theirreligion in a protective andsupportive environment

Land granted to create Israel,historic Palestine, was alreadyoccupied by Christians and Muslims

In order for Israel to be a functioning

Jewish country, need a Jewishmajority population

Continues to make the news as aresult of the ongoing conflictbetween these two groups

CFU: Think / Pair / Share ---Based on _________, I can infer that thechallenges Israel face include _________.


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Israel was founded forseveral reasons:

1. World War I

2. Pogroms World War II

3. Holocaust World War II

4. Zionism Post World War II

CFU: Think / Pair / Share ---I predict that challenges facedby Israel include _____________.



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The first reason for the creation ofa Jewish territory can be tracedback to the Great War.

With the Ottoman Empire gone,Great Britain took control ofPalestine.

Great Britain would set asideland for a possible futureJewish Homeland.

This is called the BRITISH

MANDATE

Write / Pair / Share ---Potential problems created by the Britishgranting land to the Jewsinclude________.



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Anti-Semitism (0-5?)

The suspicion, hostility

toward, and hatred ofJews

Anti-Semitismoccurswhen people have

angry and hostile views

of the Jewish people.CFU: Critical Thinking Examples of anti-semitism include____________.



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Pogrom (0-5?) A form of violent

riot, a mob attack

against a minoritygroup.

Before World War II,

the German peopleattacked Jewsthrough the use ofpogroms.

CFU Critical Thinking:Words that come to mind when lookingat this image include ____________.



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An example of a Pogrom occurredbefore the Second World War.

Perhaps the most well know

pogrom was Kristallnacht.

Night of Broken Glass

In one night, 91 Jews were killed,

30,000 Jews were arrested, over 1,000synagogues wereburned down, and7,000 Jewish businesses destroyed.

CFU Write / Pair / Share:

The rest of world viewed thisevent as _______________.

Due to _____________, this canbe viewed as anti-semetic.



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Holocaust (0-5?) Destruction or

slaughter on a mass

scale.

The Jews were subject

to a holocaustduringthe Second World Warin Germany andPoland.

CFU Critical Thinking:The Holocaust was characterized by



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The Holocaustwas a mass genocide andextermination of over 6 million Jews. Rough estimations of:

1 million Jewish children murdered

2 million Jewish women murdered

3 million Jewish men murdered

Nearly 2/3 of the Jewish population of Germanywas wiped out.

Sponsored by Germanys leader (der Fuhrer), AdolfHitler.



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Zionism (0-5?)

The belief that Jews will

only be safe in their ownhomeland.

The Zionismmovement

was a key factor in thecreation of the Jewish

state Israel.CFU Think / Pair / Share:Considering ____________,having a homeland for theJews would make them safe.



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A political movement toward the creation ofan independent Jewish state. Viewed as the only way to keep the Jews safe.

Began as Jews moved to Palestine after WorldWar I.

A movement based on self-determination.

Think/Write/Share What impact do you thinkthis movement had on Jews? On people whowere currently living in Palestine (modern Israel)?


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