Curriculum Israel's Economy
Israel's Economy
How a small country with few natural resources became a technology hub: the startup nation, military tech links, the 1985 stabilisation plan, water innovation, kibbutzim, immigration waves, venture capital and Yozma, gas discoveries, high living costs, and a recap.
- Israel at a Glance An overview of Israel's economy, its population of about 10 million, its high-tech strengths and the challenges of conflict, cost of living and inequality. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Startup Nation How Israel came to have one of the highest numbers of startups per person, why global tech giants run research centres there, and famous exits like Waze and Mobileye. 📄 Read-aloud
- Military Service and Tech Skills How compulsory military service, especially elite intelligence units like Unit 8200, trains young people in technology and builds networks that feed startups. 📄 Read-aloud
- The 1985 Stabilisation Plan How Israel suffered inflation of over 400% in the early 1980s and ended it with a 1985 plan combining spending cuts, a fixed exchange rate and wage agreements. 📄 Read-aloud
- Water Innovation How Israel turned water scarcity into a strength through drip irrigation, recycling most of its wastewater and large desalination plants. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Kibbutz Experiment How kibbutzim began as collective farming communities sharing all property, and why most privatised after the 1980s crisis. 📄 Read-aloud
- Israel's Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Israel's tech sector, military units, inflation, water and kibbutzim. 5 questions
- The Soviet Immigration Wave How about a million immigrants from the former Soviet Union arrived in the 1990s, many highly educated, boosting Israel's tech sector. 📄 Read-aloud
- Yozma and Venture Capital How the government's Yozma programme in 1993 kick-started Israel's venture capital industry by matching private investors, a model studied by other countries. 📄 Read-aloud
- Israel's Offshore Gas How discoveries of the Tamar and Leviathan gas fields around 2009-10 made Israel energy-independent in gas and an exporter to Egypt and Jordan. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Cost of Living and the 2011 Protests Why Israel has high housing and food prices, how the 2011 cottage cheese boycott and tent protests pushed for reforms, and concentration in key industries. 📄 Read-aloud
- Two Economies: Employment Gaps Why some groups in Israel, like ultra-Orthodox men and Arab women, have lower employment, and why this matters for long-term growth. 📄 Read-aloud
- Israel's Economy: Recap A recap of Israel's economy, its tech success and its challenges. 📄 Read-aloud