Do Now: Based on what you know about Christianity, who is Jesus?

Based on any stories you have heard, or things you may have been taught, describe 2 important events in Jesus life (for example describe his birth) 1.

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AIM: Students will watch From Jesus to Christ in order to understand 3 big ideas: 1. What is the difference between what religions believe and what historians think? 2. What do historians know about Jesus the historical person 3. What did Paul do and why is he important to Christianity?
Write down you answers to these questions and then discuss with people in your group (5 min max) 1. What do historians need in order to prove their ideas? 2. What is the difference between History and a religious story?

Answer these questions as you watch Part 1 of the Documentary: 1. Who ruled the world that Jesus was born in? 2. How did people in Rome view Caesar at the time of Jesus? 3. What did Herod the Great build? Why was it important to Israel? 4. What date do historians guess Jesus was born? 5. What city do historians think Jesus was born in? 6. What was Jesus job? 7. What religion was Jesus? 8. Who were the Jews during Jesus time upset at? Who were they trying to fight?

9. What do the Dead Sea Scrolls talk about? 10. Who is John the Baptist? Why is he important to Jesus? 11. Describe one type of Miracle that Jesus performs? 12. Was it common for people to believe in Miracles at the time of Jesus? End of Day 1 (31:00) Begin Day 2 (31:00) 13. Why was Jesus a threat to the Roman government? 14. What did Rome do to people who were a threat to the government? 15. Did the Roman government consider Jesus very important? 16. How does crucifixion work? 17. What religion did most people practice in the Roman world? 18. How did Paul communicate his message about Jesus to people? 19. How does Christianity begin? 20. Is there just one type of early Christianity? What evidence does the video give of this? Stop Video at 1:10 Short BCR: Based on what you have learned in this video, what did you learn that may be different than what you have heard before about Jesus? What is the same about what you may have heard before about Jesus? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________