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 Immigration: An overview
Where does each of us fit into South Australian history?
Years 3-12
60 minutes
Students journey through South Australia's immigration, contact and settlement
history and explore the concepts of cultural diversity and cultural identity.
The program challenges students to think critically about the question:
"Who is an Australian?"
Note: Teachers may negotiate a cultural focus
(such as German, Italian, Vietnamese or Cambodian)
as part of this program.
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 Life in colonial South Australia
Why would anyone leave their country and endure a long, dangerous journey
to settle in a virtually unknown land on the other side of the world?
Years R-7
60 minutes
This program focuses on why early settlers chose to migrate to South Australia
and the life they created. Students are encouraged to compare the vision
for the colony with the reality of how it was carried out. The program includes
'hands on' activities using objects from daily colonial life.
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 Children in 19th century South Australia
What was it like to be a child in 19th Century South Australia?
An exciting introduction to history for young people.
Years R-5
90 minutes
Students learn about the lives of children in 19th century South Australia
through wearing costumes and making comparisons with their own experiences.
Work, education and play are explored via 19th century objects relating
to Aboriginal and settler children. What did 'children's work' mean then?
What does it mean now? What has changed? What stays the same?
The program culminates with children learning and playing a selection of
19th century games in the Migration Museum's courtyard.
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 20th and 21st century immigration
How have world events been reflected in Australia's immigration trends
since 1901?
Years 7-12
60 minutes
Major influences on Australia's immigration trends since Federation are
explored, including world events and Australia's search for national identity,
and the impact they had on determining selection criteria for immigrants.
Current issues relating to immigration will be contextualised. Students
are challenged to think critically about the concepts of multiculturalism
and identity.
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 The Woman’s Journey
Travel through the Migration Museum’s new 20th and 21st Century galleries to look at the immigration, refugee and settlement experience from the points of view of women who have come to live in South Australia.
90 minutes
$5.00 per student
Year 8-adult
1 – 11 April
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 The impact of European settlement on the Aboriginal peoples of South
Australia
Is there more than one way of looking at the events that make up South
Australia's history?
Years 5 -12
Up to 2 hours
A powerful and challenging role-play that examines the other side of
South Australias history and encourages participants to view historical
events from an Aboriginal perspective. An exciting multi-media presentation,
which includes voices, music, video and archival images completes the
experience.
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Whose History?
How is history constructed? Who records it? Is there more than one version?
Where does the truth lie? What should be included? What can be left out?
Whose purpose does any particular version serve?
Years 3-10
90 minutes
Students explore several events in South Australian history - twice. Two
people tell history from very different perspectives. Following discussion
and debate, students construct a version of the history that they believe
to be true.
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Cultural Collisions: The consequences of conflict
Years 6-10
90 minutes
Download Memorial Trail
What happened to the Australians who fought
in our wars? Where have we fought? How do we remember those who died? What
stories can survivors tell? Can we talk to former enemies?
Find out why we go to war and what happens when we do. Through a discovery
trail, stories and talking to people who have been involved in wars, learners
will have the opportunity to question the causes and effects of war and
conflict.
Immigration with a cultural focus |
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