History Skills: Exploring Perspectives and Influence
Students investigate the past through a range of historical perspectives.
Led by a museum educator, students use primary sources from the museum’s Migration and Diversity Collection to develop historical and critical thinking skills, in this free program for government schools.
Students will experience
- Analysing primary source material to create their own historical questions for personal inquiry.
- Accessing digital content from museum experts on the significance of historical study.
- Strengthening historical and critical thinking skills in a museum setting.
Students will learn
- How objects can be used to investigate key historical moments and perspectives from the past.
- About the significance of historical study for the present day.
- About the place and significance of site of Immigration Museum in learning about colonisation in Victoria.
- About the range of migrant stories that tell a complex story of Australia as a nation today.
Students will be provided
- A booklet to take back to school which will guide them through the galleries and for them to record their findings.
Students will need
- Pen or pencil.
Other key information
- This excursion includes a 45 minute workshop followed by 45 minute gallery visit.
Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Thursday
Duration: 90 minutes
Student information
Years 9 to 10
Minimum 15 students
Maximum 30 students
Bookings
Workshop
Presented by a museum educator
Victorian Curriculum Links
History: Levels 9 and 10
Investigation: The globalising world (1945–present)
- causes and consequences of significant post-1945 world events, ideas and developments, and their influences on Australia after 1945 (VC2HH10K38)
- different historical interpretations and debates about changes and legacies of a major global influence, development and/or event, including on Australian society (VC2HH10K41)
Historical questions
- formulate, refine and use historical questions to inform historical investigations (VC2HH10S01)
Using historical sources
- analyse the purpose, features, content and context of historical sources (VC2HH10S03)
- analyse the perspectives, beliefs, values and attitudes of people and groups based on evidence from a range of sources (VC2HH10S05)
Critical and Creative Thinking: Levels 9 and 10
Questions and possibilities
- the construction and adaptation of questions to suit different contexts (VC2CC10Q01)
Intercultural Capability: Levels 9 and 10
Culture, identity and belonging
- how diverse cultures, including their own, influence one another in a range of contexts and how this impacts identity and a sense of belonging and inclusion (VC2CI10C01)
Accessibility
Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.
Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund
The Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund aims to enhance access to our museums (Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum), programs and events by offering free or subsidised education programs for eligible schools. Find out more about the fund.
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