Religion Day 2

Your mission:

• You work for the US State Department. Your boss is trying to determine whether he should issue a travel warning for Americans who wish to travel to Jerusalem.

• Figure out why Jerusalem is ranked in the top 10 most dangerous cities in the World?

READ ONLY

Holy sites

• The city of Jerusalem is the location of holy sites for all 3 religions.

Clip Question: 1. Create a list of conflict that has occurred in

Jerusalem throughout history.

2. Why is Jerusalem important to the following groups: A. Jews – B. Muslims – C. Christians -

Center of Jerusalem’s “Old City”

Dome of the Rock - Islam

Wailing (Western) Wall - Judaism

Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Christianity

Security Checkpoints

How does this lead to conflict? 1. Each religion wants control of the city for religious reasons

How does this lead to conflict? 2. Economic reasons - tourism

• Your mission To explain why Jerusalem is one of the world’s top ten most dangerous cities.

• Add three cut-away boxes to the Google Earth Tour

1. Why does each country want control of Jerusalem?

2. What do the three religions have in common?

3. Why is Jerusalem ranked in the top ten of the world’s most dangerous cities?

Google Earth Tour - Help

1. Pull up these directions and the Google Earth tour (Part 2) from the wiki.

Tips:

- You must be logged in to complete this activity. Admin will not work today.

- Save the original Google Earth tour to the desktop.

Step 1 – Click on the Novell window at the bottom, near the Start button.

Step 2 – Click on Google Earth. It takes a minute to load.

Step 3 - Once in Google Earth, click File in the top left. Then click Open.

Step 4 – Get the file from the desktop where you saved it.

Next, a bunch of thumbtacks will appear on the map and under the PLACES section on the left side.

Pink Worksheet – Click on the Thumbtacks to fly to the location.

Read the cut-away boxes to complete the pink worksheet.

- As you go through each thumbtack, check out the pictures.

-To do this you must make sure that you have the Geographic Web box is checked in the layers section.

-To see the pictures click the small blue boxes.

-You can zoom in and out using the + and – signs in the upper right.

Click on the Yellow thumb tack to create a cut-away box.

To save:

1. Right click on the file Monotheism Tour part 2

2. Choose SAVE AS

3. RENAME IT

4. Save it in your student folder or on the desktop and upload it on the wiki.

State Department To Do List

• 1. Complete your research on the three religions.

• 2. Add cut-away boxes.

• 3. Shut down and return to your regular seat when the timer goes off.

• 4. Complete closure in your notebook.