What

Self-directed

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday

Duration

60 minutes

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Curriculum links & Accessibility

Year level

Years 9 to 10

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 55 students

Cost

$9 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

In this self-guided program, Year 9 students investigate Australian immigration history through Immigration Museum exhibits and the surrounding Melbourne city precincts.

Students will experience

• An introduction by a museum staff member and a booklet to record findings.
• Visiting the permanent exhibitions at Immigration Museum, exploring First Peoples and immigration stories.
• Exploring the Tribute Garden in the courtyard which features names of immigrants who came from over 90 countries, from the 1800s to the present day.
• The importance of the nearby local precinct including the Birrarung (Yarra River).

Students will learn

• The impact of colonisation and immigration on Country and lives of First Peoples.
• Stories of individual immigrants.
• Timeline of Australia’s immigration history.
• Changes in government immigration laws.
• Evidence of physical changes to the local precinct.

Students will be provided

• A booklet to record their findings and guide them through the museum galleries and local areas.

Students will need

• Pen or pencil. They may also find a clipboard useful.

Other key information

• This program is ideal for students visiting Melbourne for a city experience.
• It is also suitable for History students.

Victorian Curriculum links

History: Levels 9 and 10

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’, local-born colonists’ and migrants’ experiences and perspectives of continuity and change between 1750 and 1914
  VC2HH10K10
• significant consequences of the world wars on Australian society and the experiences and historical perspectives of those on the home front, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and women
  VC2HH10K19
• the significant events, developments, campaigns and movements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ rights and freedoms
  VC2HH10K31
• causes and consequences of significant post-1945 world events, ideas and developments, and their influences on Australia after 1945
  VC2HH10K38
• continuities and/or changes caused by a major global influence, development and/or event after 1945
  VC2HH10K39

Civics and Citizenship: Levels 9 and 10

• individual and group participation in, and contribution to, civic life and global citizenship
  VC2HC10K09
• the challenges to and ways of sustaining a resilient democracy and a cohesive society in Australia and/or in our region or globally
  VC2HC10K10

Intercultural Understanding: Levels 9 and 10

• 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
• ways in which intercultural relations and intercultural experiences are influenced by policies and practices of a range of institutions
  VC2CI10C02
• the components of a cohesive, culturally diverse society and the benefits and challenges of building and maintaining social cohesion
  VC2CI10D01