Challenge+1

Challenges === Welcome to the "Challenges" page. This is where you will need to look each lesson to find your tasks for the week. === === As you complete each challenge, your team will receive points. Prizes will be awarded at set points for teams with the highest point total. ===
 * Each lesson, copy and paste the instructions for the challenge to your team page - you will find it easier to work that way. **

1. Choose a team name. Your team name must have something to do with the themes of the 10 Commandments, The Beatitudes or Good and Evil. (Complete this as a team...)

 * See your teacher to create a team page.
 * Type your team name at the top of the page.
 * Type your names under the team name.
 * Write a short explanation,using complete sentences, explaining what your team name means and why you chose it

2. Think about some laws we have in society today. (Complete this on your own and label your own responses).

 * List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.)
 * Why do we have laws?
 * How do they help us to live better and more safely?
 * What would life be like if we didn't have laws in society?

== 3. Read the following short stories about the exodus from a children's website...these will help you get the background you need to understand the 10 Commandments: (Read through the stories in pairs/groups and disucss your answers, but each of you is to record and label your own response.)  == [|The Story of Baby Moses] [|Moses the Shepherd] [|Moses and the Pharoah] [|Moses and the 10 Commandments]


 * What do you think a covenant is? Define it - and if you are unsure, read this explanation first: [|Definition of a covenant]
 * Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time?
 * How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully?

4. Copy a list of the 10 Commandments to your page.

 * === Which commandments are about God? List these by number. ( As a group)  ===
 * === Which commandments are about how we should treat others? List these by number. (As a group.)  ===
 * === Make a list of all the commandments which are stated in the negative (eg "Thou shalt NOT") - for each of these, re-write them as a postive commandment to guide us in how we should live today. (As an individual - re-write each negative commandment into a positive and label your own work.)  ===

== 5. For homework, you and your partner must locate images/headlines of people who are NOT following the commandments. Paste the links or images onto your team page and provide an explanation of what the image/headline is telling us about people who have NOT followed the commandments. Explain how a failure to follow the Commandments, in general, impacts on modern society. (Locate images/stories/headlines together, but you each must write and label your own explanations). ==

assessment Criteria for Challenge #1:

** 0 - 4 ** || ** D ** ** 5 - 8 ** || ** C ** ** 9 - 12 ** || ** B ** ** 13 - 16 ** || ** A ** ** 17 - 20 ** ||
 * ** E **
 * * label and complete some of the required activities, that list or identify information only, //with or without assistance//
 * || * label and complete some of the required activities, in a basic manner || * label and complete most of the required activities, in a consistent manner, demonstrating some reflection on and sound understanding of the subject || * label and complete all required entries, in a detailed and consistent manner, demonstrating reflection on and very good understanding of the subject || * label and complete all required activities and questions, in a comprehensive and consistent manner, demonstrating depth of reflection on and deep understanding of the subject ||
 * The student:


 * ** lists ** the Ten Commandments and **defines** their meaning
 * ** lists ** the negative commandments by number and **names** a reason why these are good for us to follow
 * ** names ** a current issue and links one of the commandments to this issue
 * || The student:


 * ** lists ** the Ten Commandments and **briefly explains** their meaning for the Jews, and/or for us today
 * ** re-writes ** some of the negative commandments as positive guidelines for us to follow today and **explains briefly** why these are good for us to follow today
 * ** locates ** a current issue/image and **links** one of the Commandments to this issue by **identifying how** this is related to not following the Commandments || The student:


 * ** explains ** the origin of the Ten Commandments, their meaning for the Jews, and how they help us today
 * ** re-writes ** all of the negative commandments as positive guidelines for us to follow today and **explains** why these are good for us to follow
 * ** locates ** a relevant current issue/image and **outlines** the connection between one of the Commandments and this issue by **explaining** how this is related to not following the Commandments || The student:


 * ** describes and explains ** the origins of, need for and meaning of the Ten Commandments
 * ** re- writes all negative ** commandments in positive language in **demonstrating understanding** of how we should live today
 * ** applies ** the Ten Commandments to a relevant contemporary issue and **explains** how the failure to follow the Commandments impacts on modern society || The student:


 * ** thoroughly describes and explains ** the origins of, need for and meaning of the Ten Commandments
 * ** re-writes ** all negative commandments in positive language in a manner **demonstrating** **application** to how we should live today
 * ** applies ** the Ten Commandments to a relevant contemporary issue and **justifies** how the failure to follow the Commandments impacts on modern society ||