In Touch with Memory Program
In Touch with Memory
Come to us! Be one of the first schools through our museum’s new state-of-the-art museum and learning facilities for an on-site program delivered by our team of expert Holocaust educators.
- Recommended for Levels 8 – 12
- Led by Holocaust Educator
- Enquiry based learning model
- Tour our permanent exhibition, showcasing Holocaust history through artefacts and testimonies (from Term 2, 2023)
- Hands-on interaction with documents, photos, artefacts
- Hear from a Holocaust survivor
- Monday – Friday (Morning or afternoon sessions)
- Linked to the Victorian curriculum & relevant to the VCE and VCAL subjects
- $7.50 per student
Curriculum links
This program is relevant to Levels 7 – 10 Victorian Curriculum
Humanities
History: Historical concepts and skills. This program will give students a real opportunity to practise historical skills such as analysis and use of sources.
Civics and Citizenship: Students will have the opportunity to examine the role of laws in a democratic society and identify ways they can be active and informed citizens and take action, in different contexts.
English: This program gives students a ‘real life’ context for responding to literature on the Holocaust.
Ethical Capability
Intercultural Capability
Personal and Social Capability
This program is relevant to the following VCE subjects
VCE and VCAL (Units 1—4)
English / VCE and VCAL
- VCE Unit 1 & 3, Area Study 1, Reading and creating texts
- VCE Unit 2 & 4, Area of Study 2, Reading and comparing texts
- VCAL intermediate and senior, Reading, writing and oral communication
History
- VCE Unit 1 Modern history 1918–1939
Religion and Society
- VCE Unit 2 Religion and Ethics
Psychology
- VCE Unit 2, Area of Study 2 – How are people influenced to behave in particular ways?
Our child safety commitment
All children visiting or engaging with the MHM have a right to feel and be safe, respected, valued and protected from harm.
The MHM is strongly committed to the safety and well-being of all children at our museum. Our museum deals with difficult themes and material. We create and maintain a child safe environment as the welfare of children is our priority.