History Skills: Interpreting the Past
Students use primary sources to develop critical thinking skills.
Students become historical investigators, using objects and sources to ask critical questions about migration, colonisation, and identity in Australia.
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 7 to 8
Maximum 30 students
Bookings
Workshop
Presented by a museum educator
Victorian Curriculum Links
History: Levels 7 and 8
Historical questions
- develop and use historical questions to inform historical investigations (VC2HH8S01)
Historical sources
- explain the features, content and context of historical sources (VC2HH8S03)
- explain the perspectives, beliefs, values and attitudes of people and groups based on evidence from a range of sources (VC2HH8S05)
Critical and Creative Thinking: Levels 7 and 8
Questions and possibilities
- the construction of a main question and sub-questions for different purposes (VC2CC8Q01)
Intercultural Capability: Levels 7 and 8
Culture, identity and belonging
- change in cultures, including their own, in a range of contexts, and how this influences identity and a sense of belonging and inclusion (VC2CI8C01)
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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