Documenting the Voyage

What

Online

When

Terms 1 to 4, Virtual program
Monday to Thursday
9:30am, 11am & 1pm

Duration

45 minutes

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Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund

Year level

Years 3 to 4

Minmum student numbers

Minimum 30 students

Maximum student numbers

Maximum 100 students

Cost

$90 per 30 students + education service fee

Booking information

Bookings 13 11 02

School visit information

George Allen arrived in Australia in the 19th century on a sailing clipper. In this interactive virtual program, primary students learn about his journey through his firsthand account.

Students will experience

• A retelling of George Allen’s story using his letter from the museum's collection.
• What it was like for George Allen travelling on a 19th century sailing clipper.
• Interacting with a museum educator by answering questions and sharing their contributions.

Students will learn

• Reasons why he travelled to Australia.
• Perspectives and experiences of early settler colonials.
• Impact of these arrivals on First Peoples land.

Students will be provided

• A worksheet at the time of booking to be printed ahead of the session.

Students will need

• Pens or pencils.

Other key information

• This online session is supported with a pre-session activity program and follow up tasks.

Victorian Curriculum links

History: Levels 3 and 4

• causes and consequences of changes in a local community and the contributions and experiences of people from diverse backgrounds to a local community
  VC2HH4K02
• describe perspectives of people from the past based on evidence from primary sources VC2HH4S04
• identify and describe continuity and change
  VC2HH4S06