What

Museum Staff-led

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Thursday

Duration

90 minutes  (45 minute staff-led, 45 minute gallery visit)

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Curriculum links & Accessibility

Year level

Years 5 to 6

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 50 students

Cost

$9 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

In this curriculum aligned program, primary students learn Australian immigration history and stories of immigrants using artefacts and objects from the museum collection.

Students will experience

• Exploring museum objects, artefacts and documents to discover immigration stories.
• Recognising challenges immigrants face.
• Working in small groups and sharing ideas with peers.
• Reporting back findings to the class.
• A visit to the museum galleries after the staff led education program to build on the information discovered in the classroom session.

Students will learn

In the classroom session:

• Immigration stories from the 1800s to 2000s
• The role of museum objects to discover stories from the past
• The role played by immigrants in Australia's history

In the galleries:

• About immigrant journeys to Australia
• Reasons people have migrated to Australia
• Individual immigrant stories across the last 230 years
• Procedures for immigrants arriving in Victoria
• First Peoples’ stories of culture and history

Students will be provided

• All students will be provided with a booklet to guide them through the galleries and for them to record their findings, with related activities to complete back at school

Students will need

• Pen or pencil.

Victorian Curriculum links

History: Levels 5 and 6

• the role of significant individuals or groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, local-born colonists and migrants, on the development of or events in a colony
  VC2HH6K05
• the causes for people migrating to Australia from Europe and Asia, including their experiences and perspectives, and their impacts on Australian society during the 20th century
  VC2HH6K09
• significant contributions of individuals and groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and migrants, to changing Australian society
  VC2HH6K10

Intercultural Understanding: Levels 5 and 6

• how identity can be influenced by one or more cultures
  VC2CI6C01
• how attitudes, beliefs and behaviours can affect intercultural experiences positively or negatively, considering empathy and inclusion, discrimination and stereotyping
  VC2CI6C02