henryuri@aol.com DR. SPIERER

GLOBAL HISTORY IV

INTRODUCTION:

After 70 A.D. the conquering Romans expelled the Jews from their homeland in Palestine. Jewish life in dispersion became known as the DIASPORA. Jews lived as minorities wherever they settled and became a minority even in their homeland. This condition made them vulnerable to persecution. Throughout the Middle Ages they experienced this persecution as members of a religious minority. With the rise of nationalism in the 19^th century their persecution was largely based on their status as an ethnic or national minority. This persecution reached its zenith during the HOLOCAUST, perpetrated by Nazi Germany, which resulted in the extermination of approximately six million Jews.

Problem: The lack of a national homeland for Jews.

TASK:

You will study the history of modern political Zionism with the purpose of determining why some Jews felt the need to have a state of their own. The time period to be covered will be 1870-1948.

You will be able to explain the meaning of modern political Zionism.

You will be able to show how the rise of nationalism in 19^th century Europe impacted on its Jewish population.

You will be able to show how modern anti-Semitism influenced the development of Zionism.

PROCESS:

You will use the Internet to find material dealing with the problems faced by European Jewry in the second half of the 19^th century and the first half of the 20^th century.

You will be put into groups and each group will be required to prepare a five page report to be presented in class. Students will be required to:

Identify Problem

Gather the Evidence

Determine Causes

Evaluate the Policy

Do a Comparative Analysis

You will list and explain three different reasons that Jews in Europe felt that they needed a state of their own.

You will show and explain why Jews in Western Europe responded in a different way to the Zionist message than did the Jews of Eastern Europe.

Step 1. You will work with five other students in a group

Step 2. You will discuss and analyze the assigned task with your group members

Step 3. Your group members will divide up responsibilities for the completion of the task

Step 4. You will use the http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html

Step 5. You will identify the problem http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/PPA/ghppaip1.html,

gather the evidence http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/PPA/ghppari1.html,

determine causes http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/PPA/ghppadc1.html,

evaluate the policy http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/PPA/ghppaep1.html,

do a comparative analysis http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/PPA/ghppacomp.html

RESOURCES:

You will use the following websites to gather information on the assigned topic. You should find additional websites.

http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00ng0

http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/100/

http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/Internetresources/Zionism.htm

http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=249

You should use the following search engines:

www.Google.com

www.yahoo.com

www.altavista.com

www.dogpile.com

www.askjeevees.com

EVALUATION:

Your written presentation will be evaluated on a group basis. Each individual will receive the same evaluation as the group.

You will be evaluated based on the rubric chart below for your written report

:	UNACCEPTABLE	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT	SATISFACTORY	EXEMPLARY
Quality of information	Inaccurate Information	General information Use one specific example Has a vague understanding of the issue	Accurate information. Use one specific example.	Accurate information Use two or more specific examples
Accuracy	Serious grammatical errors	A few serious errors	Few spelling Mistakes	Grammatically perfect
Format	No format Followed	A format is followed	A general format is followed	Format is followed Perfectly

RUBRIC FOR ORAL PRESENTATION

Category	Not Acceptable				Exemplary
Originality	1	2	3	4	5
Facts Used	1	2	3	4	5
Use of Technology	1	2	3	4	5
Accuracy of Information	1	2	3	4	5
Interactivity	1	2	3	4	5
Following Prescribed Format	1	2	3	4	5

STANDARDS:

Curriculum Standards:

This WebQuest responds to the followings curriculum standards:

Social Studies:

2:1.2:2

The student will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments and turning points in world history, and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.

4:1

Explain how societies and nations attempt to satisfy their basic needs and wants by utilizing scarce capital, natural, and human resources.

Understand how scarcity requires people and nations to make choices that relate to costs and future considerations.

English Language Arts: 1:1

Interpret and analyze information from websites in the Internet and other sources.

Compare and synthesize information from different sources in the Internet and other textbooks.

Speaking and Writing.

Relate new information to prior knowledge and experience.

CONCLUSION:

You will be able to list and explain the reasons why many European Jews believed in the need for a Jewish state. You will also be able to explain the different attitudes towards the Zionist idea adopted by Western and Eastern European Jewry. In the process you will become skilled in the use of the computer and specifically in using WebQuest.