Group Activity
Now that you have learned more about Rabin:
- What do you think were his most important achievements? Why?
- Who do you consider to have been the greatest leaders of the State of Israel?
- What are you criteria?
- Which leaders of your country fit those criteria?
- Does your community commemorate Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day? In what way?
Discussion Questions
The poster depicts Yitzhak Rabin's life and achievements.
- Who was Yitzhak Rabin?
- What roles did he hold?
- What were some of his greatest accomplishments, as depicted in the poster?
- How many years are represented on the poster?
- From when until when?
- How would you categorize the topics of the photographs?
- What aspects of Rabin's life are represented?
- In the title of the poster, next to his name, are the letters ז"ל – Z'l. What do the letters stand for? When are they used?
- How did Rabin die?
- Why do you think that the Ministry of Education published the poster?
- What was its goal?
Creative Activity
Choose a different Israeli prime minister or Zionist leader and create a poster similar to the Rabin poster. Include photographs that represent all aspect of the leader's life.
- Write captions below the photographs. You could use canva.com to create your poster.
Create a timeline of Yitzhak Rabin's life using the photographs on the poster.
