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EMU and Citizenship
A member of staff dedicated to these areas of study is happy to meet with teachers to help plan visits and offer support to those who are embarking on a new programme.
Ice-breakers
Our staff are well qualified to facilitate co-operational games which will help young people to get to know each other on different levels and develop trust within their group.
Team-building activities, conflict resolution, prejudice understanding, bullying and policing issues can all be dealt with as part of your visits to the Museum.
EMU Workshops
We offer an extensive range of hands-on activities for pupils of all ages, including: open-hearth cooking, farming, weaving, quilling, rushwork, candle-making, paper-making, laundry and Victorian costume amongst others.
These are very popular workshops and must be booked well in advance.
Cross Community Sessions
The Museum is in an ideal position to facilitate discussion and workshops on civic and social issues. A short distance from Belfast, the scene of so much of the conflict of the last 30 years, yet in a peaceful, neutral area of the green belt, it provides a non-threatening atmosphere for groups.
Both the Residential Programme Co-ordinator and the EMU Education officer have a great deal of experience in cross-community work including ice-breaker sessions, single-identity work, prejudice reduction, conflict transformation and other focussed issues with school and community groups.
There are opportunities to visit an RIC barracks, Orange Hall, Roman Catholic church and a Church of Ireland church, amongst other authentic buildings. This type of work allows for evaluation, discussion, co-operation and team work within the group.
Citizenship
Citizenship Programmes (Keystage 3)
These programmes are suitable for cross-community or single school visits.
'Young People and the Courts'
Democracy and Active Participation (Year 10)
In our real courtroom pupils assisted by museum staff work co-operatively to act out historic court cases. The cases, and a visit to the police station and exhibition, stimulate debate about why rules and laws are needed, how they are enforced and how the criminal justice system deals with young people. Supporting activities are available for use on site or in school.
'Child Labour Then and Now'
Human Rights/Equality and Social Justice (Year 9)
Students research the work undertaken by rural children in the past on site in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and through archive photographs, documents, group work and role-play. They look at the challenges children faced and the human rights that protect them today. Related activities for use in the museum or classroom explore employability and child labour in a global context today. (Also available for single school visits.)
Contact: Alison Campbell
Tel: (028) 9039 5270
Pupil and teacher comments:
'I thought the play was interesting and it showed me what it was really like.'
'We all had a good time.'
'I liked it when the judge challenged us.'
'I liked spending time at the farms.'
'An excellent educational visit.'
'Allowing the pupils to participate gave them responsibility.'
