By Ange on 28 February, 2011
How do you make history dynamic and engaging when the students are 400 kilometres away from you? Last week we had a video conference with 16 extremely switched on Yr 12 Extension History students from NSW who wanted to link up and explore with us ‘the role of national museums in constructing and representing history’. [...] Read more >
Posted in Program | Tagged critical thinking, history, inclusion, museology, technology, video conference
By Ange on 28 February, 2011
Here’s a heads up! On Thursday 17th March we’ve got a special evening viewing for educators of our latest temporary exhibition ‘Not just Ned: a true history of the Irish in Australia’. The exhibition opens on 17 March 2011 and runs until 31 July 2011 and entry is $10 (Adult) $5 (Child). To celebrate St [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Exhibition, Professional learning, Program | Tagged educator, exhibitions, history, Irish, migration
By Cath on 14 February, 2011
Teaching or learning about Indigenous culture and history? See the following clips, produced during development of the exhibition Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources | Tagged art, children, culture, history, Indigenous, video
By Jess on 20 December, 2010
In response to increasing reports of frontier conflict between Aboriginal and European people in Tasmania, Governor Arthur issued proclamation boards like the one below. The idea was to encourage friendship and show equality between Aboriginal and European people. The proclamation boards were nailed to trees in 1830 in the hope that both Aboriginal and European people would [...] Read more >
Posted in Objects | Tagged history, Indigenous
By Cath on 15 December, 2010
Yesterday we enjoyed some time with Curtis Taylor, whose short films appear in the wonderful Yiwarra Kuju (One Road) multi-touch table. Curtis is from Martu country, the western region of the stock route. Below are notes from some of the team about the visit. TRISH: A heartfelt thanks to Curtis for sharing his background knowledge [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged art, engagement, history, Indigenous, real, storytelling, Western Australia
By Ange on 14 November, 2010
When I first started working at the National Museum of Australia I was blown away by all the fascinating objects we let the students handle. Some of the objects are replicas, as the conservation team would have a nervous breakdown if we let students handle the artifacts, but some of the objects are the real deal, including [...] Read more >
Posted in Objects | Tagged authenticity, history, real, war
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 Ange on 24 September, 2010
Ah, objects can tell so many stories! Dawn and I want to tell you about our latest education collection acquisition. It’s a suitcase. After World War II (in 1949) this suitcase travelled to Australia with Elisabeth and Johannes Peter (and Elisabeth’s daughter Brigitte) from Germany. They were displaced people. They travelled on the converted troop ship [...] Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged displaced persons, health, history, migration, teaching
By Cath on 25 August, 2010
As mentioned in an earlier post about Yiwarra Kuju, this is the amazing multitouch table. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged art, culture, history, Indigenous, interactive, multitouch, technology, Western Australia
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
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