Lesson Plan on Fall of Israel (B5-L3)

Objective

1. Students can summarize destruction of Judah and Israel
2. Students can describe the destruction of temple of God at Jerusalem

Warm-up

Picture of Babylon attacking Jerusalem and taking Israelites as slaves

Lesson – Guided practice

Students split as 4 groups, each reading separate parts and then teach rest of class.

1. Destruction of the kingdom of Israel/Samaria
2. Destruction of the kingdom of Judah
3. Destruction of the temple at Jerusalem
4. Zedekiah – what did he do and what happened

Wrap-up

1. Students write in journal about destruction of kingdoms of Judah and Israel
   1. What happened
   2. Why it happened
   3. How it happened
   4. When it happened (e.g. when X was the king)
2. Students write in journal about the destruction of temple of God
3. Students write 1 instance from their life where they stood up (or should have stood up) against something wrong that happened around them.