Immigration Stories - Education Program Launch

Thu 11 Apr 2019

4:30pm – 6:00pm

WA Maritime Museum

Online Booking

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Immigration Stories is the new education program for Year 6 students at the WA Maritime Museum.

We invite school teachers and the education community to join us for the launch of the program.

At the launch:

• Participate in the interactive elements of the program
• Meet Stephen Anstey, Head of History at the WA Museum and our very own "Ten Pound Pom"
• Network with other teachers and guests to share classroom ideas
• View the ABC Education online immigration themed videos filmed at the WA Maritime Museum
• Enjoy a glass of wine as the sun begins to set over Fremantle Harbour

Attendance will meet requirements of Focus Area 2.1, 3.4, and 6.2 of Professional Standards outlined by the Teacher Registration Board of WA. A certificate of attendance will be provided to teachers who RSVP.

This is a free professional learning opportunity but an RSVP is essential by Tuesday 9 April 2019.

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About Immigration Stories

The WA Maritime Museum is the perfect location to bring Year 6 students as a stimulus to explore the stories of people who migrated to Australia. The Museum is located on Victoria Quay in historic Fremantle where many people disembarked ships to start the Australian part of their migration story.

Immigration Stories is a new two-part 120 minute curriculum-linked package that immerses your students throughout our galleries. It assists teachers of Year 6 students with the following HASS inquiry questions:

• Why did they migrate to Australia? (ACHASSK136)
• How did they contribute to Australian society? (ACHASSK137)

Students participating in this two part program will:=

Part A - Interactive Gallery Tour:

• Take part in an interactive gallery tour that follows the life of an Italian fishing migrant who came to Fremantle in the early 1900s
• Recreate some of the challenges and achievements of this person’s life in the context of migration to Western Australia
• Discuss how individuals and groups such as the Italian fishing migrants have shaped Fremantle and Western Australia in the past and today

Part B – Object Exploration:

• Read the stories of five migrants who have come to Western Australia between 1891 and 1968
• Handle a range of objects that are linked to the various stages of each person’s migration story
• Discuss the motivations for coming, challenges, achievements and contributions of each migrant
• See gallery artefacts that come from or link to migrants who came to WA
• Reflect on the importance of using a range of sources when examining the past

Immigration Stories is available for booking by school groups from Term 2, 2019. Please visit our WA Maritime Museum education page for booking information or call us 1300 134 081.

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