Today in History: December 4th ...

Today in History: December 4th ...• 1909 - 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6

• 1945 - The U.S. Senate approved American participation in the United Nations.

• 1985 - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London

• Happy Birthday ...

• AL Rowse (1903-1997) UK Historian/Poet (known for his work about Elizabethan

England and Poetry about Cornwall, England - Shakespearean Scholar &

Biographer)

• Jay-Z (record producer, entrepreneur & rapper) Dec. 4th 1969 ... 44 years old

today

• Tyra Banks (TV personality, model & actress)Dec. 4th 1973 ... 40 years old

today

• CBC

Who is Abraham?

• Both religions have roots to the great patriarch Abraham.

• The different teachings of the story of Abraham is

at the root of this dynamic conflict.

• He was later renamed Abraham by God, (Genesis

17:5)

Analysis of Balfour Declaration

•Creating the State of Israel: Justice in Conflict booklet.

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twm8SI7Og24

• In groups of (2) or work individually: create a

advertisement announcing the Balfour Declaration.

• Your poster must clearly present one of the

following: either to benefit the Zionists, the possible

Arab reaction to the declaration, or does it sit

somewhere on the fence between the two.

• Be creative and use colour!