Israel's Army - Educational Kit

In Brief

The "People's Army" kit invites you into an enriching, values-based experience in which you’ll become familiar with IDF national-civic service tracks. During the activity, you will deepen your understanding of the IDF spirit and the 10 core values that accompany every soldier throughout their service, with a strong connection to Israeli and Jewish identity.
 
Goal of the Kit:
 
 Participants will go through challenging stations that include physical missions, moral dilemmas, puzzles and learning challenges that simulate the stages of recruitment, training and service in the IDF. Each station connects a practical challenge with a meaningful value, and invites discussion, thought and action.
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General info

The Target Audience:
Middle school and up.

Duration of the Activities:
65 minutes.

Location of the Activities:
Indoors or outside.
 
Required equipment:
 Markers, pens and pencils as number of group members, writing sheets, 10 disposable cups (Footprint 2 – IDF Spirit), 3 packages of straws (Footprint 2 – IDF Spirit), package of skewers (Footprint 2 – IDF Spirit), package of modeling clay (Footprint 2 – IDF Spirit), 3 rolls of tape, 5 pairs of scissors
 

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List of the activities in the kit:

Stage A: Preparation and Group Allocation

Participants divide into small teams. Each team gets a beret in a different color. The beret will accompany the team throughout the entire course. Footprints are scattered around the room. Each pair of footprints represents a station in the course: one footprint symbolizes a stage in the service track, and the second footprint symbolizes a value from "IDF Spirit."
 

Downloadable aids:

Foorprint pairs

Stage B: Game Process

The game track consists of 11 stations. At each station there's a pair of footprints with missions and information displayed. IDF Values footprint is a mandatory mission. At the Service Track footprint partifipants choose one mission out of two. Participants mustcomplete 2 missions at each stage. The team must complete the entire course. There's no significance to the order of operations and they can move freely in the space.  
 
Upon completion of each mission, the team will receive a "unit badge" from the facilitator. Each badge presents brief information about one of the IDF units.
 
The game ends when all teams have completed the course.
 

Downloadable aids:

All play accessories

Stage C: Conclusion and Summary

The group will sit in a circle. Participants will be asked to place the unit badges they collected in their designated places on the board. The group will then hold discussion of the IDF values and their importance. 
 
Then the group will discuss the formation of an "External Diaspora Unit" - what its values and functions will be.
 
Finally, there will be a "Closing Ceremony" for the participants!