By Ange on 12 November, 2010
A lot of people have been doing a lot of talking about the way we teach history, why students engage with this subject and, more importantly, why they disengage. One response to this is the developing national curriculum. Any sort of curriculum is going to try and achieve a balance between content, skills and methodology, [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved | Tagged children, culture, emotional engagement, history, storytelling, theatre
By Susannah on 27 October, 2010
It’s been a dramatic week so far. Senior students from several Canberra schools have been rehearsing in the Visions theatre for Come Alive the inaugural schools festival of Museum Theatre, which runs from 3rd to 6th November here at the National Museum. Read more >
Posted in Be involved | Tagged storytelling, theatre
By Cath on 11 October, 2010
So far we have received 96 entries for our political cartooning competition, Drawing the Lines. We have a Flickr set for each category – years 4–6, 7–9 and 10–12 – and many of them are absolutely fantastic so do have a look. If you have a Flickr account, I urge you to leave some comments. [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved | Tagged cartoons, competition
By Cath on 18 August, 2010
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route is a wonderful (and *free*) exhibition at the National Museum, well worth a visit for yourself and for students of any age. It’s about the history of the droving route through Western Australia but it’s also about what’s going on in Country now. For visitors to the exhibition, Education [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Classroom resources, Exhibition | Tagged art, history, Indigenous, Western Australia
By Cath on 19 July, 2010
It seems the world is waking up to the creative power and passion of children. Recently I was introduced to The Ten Project, which involves kids around the age of ten in a process to design improvements for their city. Today I learned of a bigger, global competition aimed at the same age group. Design [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Inspiration | Tagged children, competition, social innovation
By Cath on 22 June, 2010
[late October update – the competition has now closed, so I am removing links to the entry form] Exciting announcement – we are now accepting online entries for our fabulous political cartooning competition for Australian school students, Drawing the Lines 2010. To get your creative juices flowing, see the first prize winners from last year’s [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved | Tagged cartoons, competition
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