What

Online

When

Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Thursday
9:30am, 11am and 1pm

Duration

45 minutes

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Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund

Year level

Years 9 to 10

Minmum student numbers

Minimum 30 students

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 100 students

Cost

Full virtual learning pricing information

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

In this online program, secondary students learn about personal stories of refugees and asylum seekers through the museum’s collections, Australia’s immigration policies and UN Declaration of Human Rights.  

Students will experience

• Stories of displaced peoples, asylum seekers and refugees from the museum’s collections.
• Presentation of key ideas, terminology and the process of seeking refuge in the Australian context.

Students will learn

• Key ideas and definitions including refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person, human rights.
• About key institutions and legislation including UN, UNHCR, Refugee Convention, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• An outline of the process for an individual who is seeking refuge.
• About a range of people across time and locations who have sought asylum to Australia.

Students will need

• Pens or pencils and paper to make notes on.

Other key information

• This program is delivered as an interactive virtual session on Microsoft Teams.

Victorian Curriculum links

History Levels 9 and 10

• significant developments and events since 1945 that have contributed to global change, such as World War II, the United Nations, the Cold War and technologies
  VC2HH10K03
• the origins and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Australia’s involvement in the development of the declaration
  VC2HH10K37

Civics and Citizenship: Levels 9 and 10

• the Australian Government’s roles and responsibilities at a regional and global level, including diplomatic relations in the Asia-Pacific region
  VC2HC10K04
• the influence of a range of media, including social media, in shaping identity and attitudes to diversity
  VC2HC10K11

Intercultural Capability: 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

Header Image Painting: Watercolour, 'SIEV IV: Children Overboard', by artists Saif Shamkhi.
2014 Photographer: Jon Augier. Museums Victoria Collection. Donated by Saif Shamkhi.