Mutual Responsibility - Educational Kit

In Brief

Through different tasks – active, thinking, and tasks for acquiring knowledge, participants will learn about mutual responsibility. Through solving different dilemmas and contemplating examples from different fields, participants will learn what mutual responsibility is and the different ways in which they can act. The game will also develop creative thinking and collaboration among the teams. We will also address the KKL-JNF's plethora of activities and its own great contribution in strengthening the resilience of Israeli society.
 
Goal of the Kit:
 
Learning about the centrality of the value of mutual responsibility in Judaism and how it manifests itself in diverse spheres of life.
Mutual Responsibility

Mutual Responsibility Educational Activity

General info

The Target Audience:
Junior high and high school students.

Duration of the Activities:
75-90 minutes.

Location of the Activities:
Indoors or outside.
 
Required equipment:
An instruction manual, game instructions and facilitator help page, Element bank – 30 element magnets, 5 "Find the Connection" cards, 10 "Carrying the Gurney" cards, 5 Dilemma Cards, "I Belong to a People" song lyrics, 30 personal stickers "I belong to a people that...", 1 magnetic board – "Together, We Will Win", "Good deed" coins, 3 Israeli flags, 3 "Together, We Will Win" flags

Click here to download the full Mutual Responsibility Activity Kit

List of the activities in the kit:

Stage 1 - The Elements

Take the 30 elements in the box, spread them on the board and ask each team in turn to choose one element. The game will begin after all elements have been divided between the teams. You will use these elements during the various tasks.
 

Downloadable aids:

  1. 30 Element magnets.


Stage 2 - Educational Card Game

There are three types of triangular-shaped cards in the box. Shuffle them and place them on top of each other in a way that creates a Magen David, so that on each turn, the participants will pick up a different type of card.
There are three types of cards:
  • "Find the Connection" – On one side are different combinations of six elements, which the participants will have to connect to an action attesting to mutual responsibility. On the other side, “Worth Knowing” describes an example of an actual recent activity.
  • "Carrying the Gurney" – contains active tasks. On one side are group tasks and on the other, "Worth Knowing."
  • "Dilemmas" – topics for discussion
     

Downloadable aids:


Stage 3 - "I belong to a people that..."

Hand out the words of Ishay Ribo's song, "I Belong to a People," and let the group hear it played. Then give them a sticker on which they have to complete the sentence in their own words – "I belong to the people that…" Place all the stickers on the central board and lead into a discussion about belonging to the Jewish people. 
Questions for example:
  • What strengthens my sense of belonging to the Jewish people?
  • Is belonging to a people different to belonging to a community? 

Downloadable aids: