High School Excursions at the Museum
High School Student Programs
We support your classroom teaching by bringing high school students face-to-face with history and culture. Our programs help expand students’ content knowledge, empowering them to connect more deeply with the topic they are studying – in a way that is always safe and age-appropriate.
A learning experience that can’t be replicated in the classroom
We offer 2-hour, 3-hour and full-day excursions that include talks from Holocaust survivors, a guided tour of the Museum and curriculum-linked workshops with expert educators covering a range of topics including the Holocaust, Judaism, Power and Authority, Human Rights, Historical Texts, Historical Fiction, Film and more.
“If you haven’t taken your students to the Sydney Jewish Museum, you haven’t prepared them for life”
Director of Faith and Mission at St Vincent’s College, Potts Point
Starting next year, the Sydney Jewish Museum is embarking on a redevelopment project, which will enable us to significantly expand the exhibitions and programs we deliver, and to welcome many more visitors, teachers and school groups. From 2025, we will continue to deliver our quality, impactful and curriculum-linked educational programs at the Museum for school groups. We will offer program bookings between 9.45am and 1pm. Where possible, we will try to be as flexible as possible to accommodate programs outside of these times. We will also be offering hybrid online and in-museum programs to help meet your needs.
School Education Programs
Power and Authority: Seminar and Source Analysis
FACE-TO-FACE
Students will take part in one content lecture and one source analysis session focusing on Power and Authority across multiple syllabus dot-points and have the chance to hone their source analysis skills through a workshop with opportunities for handling and analysing primary source artefacts, as well as key secondary sources.
Rights and FreedomsFACE-TO-FACE
Explore the creation and role of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other crucial documents protecting human rights through the lens of contemporary issues in Australia.
Nazis in Australia: Antisemitism and Australian Nazi War CriminalsFACE-TO-FACE
Students will gain a unique perspective on The Holocaust, as they will examine the war crimes trials of Nazi collaborators, which took place in Adelaide in the 1990s.
Power and Authority: Source AnalysisFACE-TO-FACE
Students will take part in a content lecture focusing on Power and Authority across multiple syllabus dot-points and have the chance to hone their source analysis skills through a workshop with opportunities for handling and analysing primary source artefacts, as well as key secondary sources.
Power and Authority: Nazi Methods of Control and Impact on LifeFACE-TO-FACE
Look at the experiences of youth, women and minorities within the totalitarian state of Nazi Germany to better understand the impact of dictatorships on society.
Power and Authority: The Rise of Nazism, Consolidation of Power and IdeologyFACE-TO-FACE
Understand how two thousand years of European Jewish life were destroyed with the rise of Nazism by delving deeper into the circumstances under which the Nazi party and Hitler were able to rise to power.
Ethics and Ending OtheringFACE-TO-FACE
The program aims to foster your students’ awareness of the social responsibilities of citizenship in Australia and allows them to think critically about their roles in enhancing social cohesion in society.
Authoritarian States (20th Century)FACE-TO-FACE
Students will explore the conditions that facilitated the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party as well as the methods used by the regime to take, consolidate and maintain power as part of the IB History topic, Authoritarian States (20th Century).
Anne FrankFACE-TO-FACE
Anne Frank’s diary has been read by millions. Come and discover why Anne’s words and reflections remain poignant for the world today.
Preliminary Studies of ReligionFACE-TO-FACE
For preliminary SOR students, journey through Judaism’s rich history and explore the religion as a living tradition.
Resisting the HolocaustFACE-TO-FACE
This program challenges the misconception that Jews went “like lambs to the slaughter”, with examples of Jewish resistance.
Joint Tour with The Great SynagogueFACE-TO-FACE
Add 1 hour tour of the Great Synagogue to enhance your learning experience, before or after your museum visit.
Fact Through FictionFACE-TO-FACE
Historical fiction is a unique way for students to engage emotionally and intellectually with the Holocaust. This interactive session will explore the issues of historical accuracy and authorship.
The Nature and Development of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration of Human RightsFACE-TO-FACE
Focuses on the nature and development of human rights through the lens of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the immediate context of the Holocaust and World War II.
Unearthing the Holocaust: Serniki and the Australian War Crimes TrialsFACE-TO-FACE
Engage in a discussion of the massacre at Serniki and how it constitutes a war crime and, thus, a breach of international law.
HSC Studies of ReligionFACE-TO-FACE
For HSC SOR students, journey through Judaism’s rich history and explore the religion as a living tradition.
Windows into JudaismFACE-TO-FACE
Explore the interactive and artefact rich displays on the Museum’s Ground Floor as a tool through which to learn about Judaism as a living religious tradition.
Site Study: Memory and MemorialisationFACE-TO-FACE
Approach the history of the Holocaust through looking at the Museum’s architecture and exhibitions. Students will explore how history is constructed through memorial spaces and display of historical objects.
The Nature of Modern History: Constructing, Contesting and Investigating the PastFACE-TO-FACE
How is modern history constructed by historians, and how can it change over time? This seminar puts the history of the Holocaust into a wider context of historical thinking.
Genocide in the 20th CenturyFACE-TO-FACE
What is genocide and how did the term arise? Students will explore the concept of genocide through examples drawn from the 20th century.
Understanding the HolocaustFACE-TO-FACE
Introduce your students to studying the Holocaust. This program explores key historical events that contributed to this cataclysmic event unfolding.
Two hour customised programFACE-TO-FACE
Engage your students in discussions of racism, tolerance and persecution through the lens of the history of the Holocaust.
HSC History Extension Study Day 2025ONLINE
Our online workshops will provide useful preparation for examinations, assisting students in developing their ideas for the Investigative Project, considering the four key questions of History Extension, and seeing how they apply to the study of the Holocaust.
HSC Modern History: Power and Authority Study Days 2025ONLINE
Cement your knowledge and prepare for assessments with intensive, full day courses of Power and Authority workshops held via Zoom.
Ethics and Ending OtheringONLINE
The program aims to foster your students’ awareness of the social responsibilities of citizenship in Australia and allows them to think critically about their roles in enhancing social cohesion in society.
HSC Studies of ReligionONLINE
For HSC SOR students, journey through Judaism’s rich history and explore the religion as a living tradition.
Authoritarian States (20th Century)ONLINE
Students will explore the conditions that facilitated the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party as well as the methods used by the regime to take, consolidate and maintain power as part of the IB History topic, Authoritarian States (20th Century).
One-on-One Extension History Essay WorkshopONLINE
Enhance your Extension History Project by drawing on the expertise of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Our experts can assist you with the historiographical concepts of your topic as well as argumentative historical writing skills and good scholarship.
Fact Through FictionONLINE
This online excursion explores how historical fiction is a unique way for students to engage emotionally and intellectually with the Holocaust.
The Nature and Development of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration of Human RightsONLINE
This program focuses on the nature and development of human rights through a consideration of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the immediate context of the Holocaust and World War II.
Preliminary Studies of ReligionONLINE
For preliminary SOR students, journey through Judaism’s rich history and explore the religion as a living tradition.
The Nature of Modern History: Memory and MemorialisationONLINE
Students will think about how the history of the Holocaust is given meaning and constructed through memorial spaces, source selection and artefact acquisition.
The Nature of Modern History: Constructing, Contesting and Investigating the PastONLINE
Using source analysis and critical historiography, this seminar puts the history of the Holocaust into a wider context of historical thinking.
Resisting the HolocaustONLINE
This program highlights the courageous acts of resistance that Jewish people took during the Holocaust, countering the myth that they went ‘like lambs to the slaughter’.
Genocide in the 20th CenturyONLINE
Students will have the opportunity to explore the concept of genocide and its impact on the modern world through examples drawn from the 20th century.
Rights and FreedomsONLINE
This program focuses on the nature and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the continuing efforts to secure civil rights and freedoms in Australia.
Understanding the HolocaustONLINE
This program will introduce students to significant factors that can help us understand how the Holocaust unfolded.
Power and Authority: Nazi Methods of Control and Impact on LifeONLINE
Students will address the impact of dictatorships on society, and that of the Nazis on life in Germany in particular.
Power and Authority: Rise of Nazism, Consolidation of Power and IdeologyONLINE
Students will have the opportunity to study in depth the complex and tragic relationship between the rise of the Nazi party and Hitler in Germany, and the collapse of democracy.
Holocaust Survivor StoriesONLINE
Come face to face with history as survivors share their memories of the Holocaust an its aftermath.
Anne FrankONLINE
Anne Frank’s diary has been read by millions. Come and discover why Anne’s words and reflections remain poignant for the world today.
Interactive Holocaust Survivor Zoom TalksONLINE
A chance for you and your students to meet a Holocaust survivor in real time, hear their stories and ask questions.
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