History Lab (VCES)
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Thursday
- Duration
- 45 minute staff-led
45 minute gallery visit - Year level
- Years 8 to 10, 7
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 10 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 30 students
- Cost
- Free for government schools as part of Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
How do museums collect and care for primary sources? What do these sources tell us about key historical moments?
Extend your high ability students by developing their historical thinking skills in a museum setting.
Using primary sources from the museum’s Migration and Diversity Collection, students explore how ordinary objects can tell big stories. They will analyse primary source material in the workshop, investigating key historical moments and perspectives from the past.
This workshop is free for Victorian schools as part of the Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series.
Victorian Curriculum links
- Humanities – History Level 9 to 10
- Creative and Critical Thinking Level 7 to 10
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