What

Museum Staff-led

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Thursday

Duration

75 minutes (30 minutes staff-led, 45 minutes gallery visit)

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Curriculum links & Accessibility

Year level

Years 3 to 4

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 30 students

Cost

$9 per student + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

Led by a museum educator, primary students discover migration stories and learn about different cultures by interacting with objects in this curriculum aligned program.

Students will experience

• A range of cultural histories by interacting with museum objects.
• Discovering immigration stories and a First Peoples story, through hands on learning
• Working in small groups and sharing ideas with peers.
• Reporting back findings to their 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

• About the Hmong community and the impacts of Vietnam War from a hand-made embroidered banner.
• About Eva Schubert, a World War Two European refugee to Australia through her hand carved wood panel.
• About Phoebe Nicholson, a Barapa Barapa and Wamba Wamba Elder and the cultural life of her community through her possum skin cloak.
• How to use objects to make connections to their own family histories.

Students will be provided

• All students will be provided with an education resource to guide them through the galleries with activities to complete in the galleries to complement the classroom session.

Students will need

• Pen or pencil.

Victorian Curriculum links

History: Levels 3 and 4

• the significance of Country and Place to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples who are connected to their area 
  VC2HH4K01
• causes and consequences of changes in a local community and the contributions and experiences of people from diverse backgrounds to a local community
  VC2HH4K02
• ask a range of historical questions to identify evidence of the experiences of people in the past VC2HH4S01
• describe perspectives of people from the past based on evidence from primary sources
  VC2HH4S04
• describe the significance of symbols, emblems, individuals, events and developments
  VC2HH4S08

Civics and Citizenship: Levels 3 and 4

• diversity of cultural, religious and/or social groups to which they and others in the community belong, and their importance to identity
  VC2HC4K06

Intercultural Capability: Levels 3 and 4

• similarities and differences among diverse cultures, including their own, and how cultural communities foster a sense of belonging and inclusion
  VC2CI4C01
• understandings that can be gained from intercultural experiences, including a critical perspective on, and respect for, diverse cultures, including their own
  VC2CI4C02