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1. Simulation Games.

  1. Pharaoh's Daughter and her servants - to rescue Moses or not ?
  2. To leave Egypt or not ? (during the plague of darkness, those who did not want to leave Egypt died.)
  3. When the Israelites standing by the Red Sea saw the Egyptians approaching, four policies were advocated by different groups:
    • Let us jump into the sea.
    • Let us return to Egypt.
    • Let us fight them.
    • Let us cry out against them.

2. Preparations of a relief map of Erets Israel, Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula.

  1. Pharaoh's Daughter and her servants - to rescue Moses or not ?
  2. To leave Egypt or not ? (during the plague of darkness, those who did not want to leave Egypt died.)
  3. When the Israelites standing by the Red Sea saw the Egyptians approaching, four policies were advocated by different groups:
    • Let us jump into the sea.
    • Let us return to Egypt.
    • Let us fight them.
    • Let us cry out against them.

2. Preparations of a relief map of Erets Israel, Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula.

While learning, the pupils can mark the places where events occurred in connection with: Joseph; the emigration of Jacob and his family; the settlement in Goshen; the later settlement in Egypt ('the country became full of them'); the splitting of the Red Sea; the trek through the desert; entry into Erets Israel. A similar map can be in the possession of the pupils.

3. Preparation of a historical newspaper:

  • Preparation for departure from Egypt.
  • The Exodus.
  • The Egyptians chasing after the Israelites.
  • The splitting of the Red Sea.

4. Dramatisation.

  • Preparation for departure.
  • The departure.
  • The Israelites by the Red Sea with the Egyptians chasing them.
  • The Song of the Sea.

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