Making Connections: Using Museum Collections to Connect Historical and Contemporary Global Issues; A Practical Resource for Developing Global Citizenship through Museum Education
- Corporate Author
- Glasgow MuseumsMuseums Galleries ScotlandWest of Scotland Development Education Centre (WOSDEC)
- Collation
- 9 p.
- Resource Language
- English
- Year of publication
- 2019
- Topic
- Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyHuman rightsGlobalisation and social justice / International understandingPreventing violent extremism and genocide
- Resource Type
- Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
- Level of education
- Secondary education
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Place of publication
- Glasgow
Looking at Refugees, Genocide, World War I, Suffragettes and Slavery, this is a practical resource to support educators to connect historical and contemporary global issues and develop the skills, values and attitudes of Global Citizenship through museum collections. The tasks and activities contained within this resource are aimed at providing ideas for museum educators and can work either in a gallery or classroom setting. Many of the techniques and approaches are transferrable to a range of different themes and collections.

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