Ghosts

In Ghosts, students work as detectives in small groups with a collection of real and fictional primary sources and museum objects to piece together the stories of eight different ‘ghosts’ from South Australian history. Ultimately, they will use their skills as historians to help the ghosts resolve an issue that is preventing them from being at peace.

The stories relate to the following themes:

Sea migration
Shipwreck
Trade union
Quarantine
Colonial navy
Holiday
In development: two First Nations stories

The program is accompanied by a learning guide for teachers including a program overview, pre-visit activity, object analysis worksheet and an assessment task, which can be accessed below.

When booking Ghosts, we recommend that you also book a self-guided time to allow students the opportunity to explore the museum independently. This time can be used to complete the object analysis worksheet.

Curriculum

Year 9/10 History

AC9HH9K06 – different experiences and perspectives of colonisers, settlers and First Nations Australians and the impact of these experiences on changes to Australian society’s ideas, beliefs and values
AC9HH9S03/AC9HH10S03 – identify the origin and content of sources, and explain the purpose and context of primary and secondary sources
AC9HH9S05/AC9HH10S05 – analyse cause and effect, and evaluate patterns of continuity and change
AC9HH9S06/AC9HH10S06 – compare perspectives in sources and explain how these are influenced by significant events, ideas, locations, beliefs and values

Booking Information

Years: 9, 10
Duration: 1 hour
Session times:10:00 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm
Maximum group size: 30 per session
Teacher to student ratio: 1:15 for Years 8 to 12 (teachers and supervisors attend free of charge at these ratios.)

School excursions and programs pricing	Cost per student	Equity cost per student*
Entry + Ghosts program	$11.00	$ 8.00
Entry + Ghosts program + Ketch Talk	$13.50	$10.00
*Available for government category 1 – 4, rural, and regional schools