Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day

Three Years since the Assassination

Commemoration Activities

Israel from Past to Future

This is a history exercise using the Rabin biography and the major events which should be printed for all participants. You will also need to prepare worksheets with the chart below* filling in ahead of time the main dates and life events you wish to address and prepare a large sheet of posterboard to write up conclusions from the discussion.

1. Trigger

Sit participants in a circle in groups no larger than 15. Ask them if there has been an important interaction between them or their parents an a major historical event. Take responses in sequence and then discuss whether we are all actors in or affected by historical events.

2. Divide into small groups and distribute the documents and charts.

Each group fills in their charts*, noting first the major events in Israel's history for the dates given (column 3).

3. Before they fill in the fourth column, ask participants to bear in mind questions like:

What is the larger significance of Rabin's decision to renounce his engineering studies for a career in the army? Participants should note which events changed Yitzhak Rabin's life and how.

4. In the final column, participants need only address which events are a direct outcome of Rabin's influence and why.

5. Each group should now discuss the kind of future Yitzhak Rabin

- among other leaders - was building for Israel and how much of this legacy remains 3 years after his assassination.

6. Present these findings and write them on the posterboard.

These conclusions may be used as part of a ceremony.

The chart format

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