The Highlanders’ Museum sets great store in its learning remit. Learning (teaching) is at the very centre of our function and our reason for being. Learning Remit Formal learning Ninety minute classes are offered allowing groups of up to 33 students at a time to visit the Fort, to meet with an historical interpreter (known colloquially as 'Dressing-up Mike') and to complete study worksheets in the Museum.
Images c/o Historic Scotland. Primary school students study the Second World War, answering specific questions on their worksheets in relation to exhibits on display. Likewise, senior school students consider the First World War. Just starting in November 2009 is a new archive class aimed at senior school pupils. The archive class will assign pairs of students the name of a real person who served in the Regiment. Students have to find out who that person was and what he did by using real archival sources which we hold in the museum. Students will have the opportunity to see real items on display that were owned by their 'name'. Further archive-themed work is being pursued by the Director Dr. Alix Powers-Jones. Alix won a place on 'InSite' a learning programme run by the Imperial War Museum and funded by the National Lottery, to visit sites and monuments in Europe related to events in the Second World War and Cold War. As a follow-on to these visits she is developing a workshop for teachers, the aim of which is to teach teachers how to introduce their students to the concepts of interpreting material and narrative records and so gaining a greater understanding of the past. Informal learning Following the success of a general (object-hunting) quiz aimed at families and children, the Highlanders’ Museum is developing a series of quizzes for different age groups of children. The aims of the quizzes are to be fun things to complete as visitors go around the galleries. The quizzes offer a challenge, while at the same time; encourage children to really look at the objects on display. Everybody likes a quiz! Scottish Military History Conference Modern Scottish military history often seems – wrongly – to be perceived and sidelined as an enthusiast’s past-time, rather than part of mainstream academic historical study. This seems to be the case even within the broader field of military history. Promoting linkages between academic establishments and military museums would seem to be one means of tackling the problem. A conference on Scottish military history will be used as a means of bringing together academics from a range of institutions, those involved with regimental/military museums across Scotland, and other interested parties. There are a number of benefits from a successful event of this type:
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