Oklahoma Social Studies AWH.C.5.5
The Standard
Explain the expulsion/dispersion of the Jews to other lands (Diaspora) after the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem in AD 70, and the renaming of the region by the Romans.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and later Roman campaigns displaced Jews from Judea. They recognize that Jewish communities existed in other lands before 70 CE. They place Rome’s renaming of Judea as Syria Palaestina after the revolt that ended in 135 CE.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can put the Temple’s destruction and the Roman renaming in order on a timeline. They can locate Judea and older Jewish communities in Alexandria and Rome on a map. They do not claim that every Jew left Judea in 70 CE.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the diaspora began in 70 CE or that all Jews were expelled at once. They may also place the name Syria Palaestina immediately after the Temple’s destruction, rather than after a later revolt.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: “What happened in 70 CE, and what changed after the revolt ending in 135 CE? Did all Jews leave Judea in 70 CE?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a blank Mediterranean map and cards labeled Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome, 70 CE, and 135 CE; have them map communities and annotate events.
Ask students to write three sentences answering, “Did the Jewish diaspora begin in 70 CE?” using a map and a timeline as evidence.
Run a timeline sort with cards for older Jewish communities, the Temple’s destruction, the 132 to 135 CE revolt, and the name Syria Palaestina.
Compare a current Jerusalem street map with a Roman map labeled Aelia Capitolina; have students write how a change in rulers affected the city’s name.
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