The Library offers a seasonal program of workshops for school students in Sandy Bay, Hobart, Newnham and Inveresk, with some workshops also offered online. We may create customised sessions upon request from teaching staff, to help students develop their information literacy and research skills, and find relevant resources for their assignments.
Visit UTAS Schools Engagement for information for school teachers and career advisors, including details of a wide range of workshops and resources for schools.
History and Classics: John Elliott Classics Museum
The John Elliott Classics Museum, located at our Sandy Bay Campus, is the perfect field trip for school classes studying History or Ancient Worlds. The museum offers students the opportunity to experience a significant and valuable collection of ancient artefacts from Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Founded in 1954 as a teaching resource, the collection explores the development of ancient Greek artistic styles through the medium of pottery decoration. The collection has expanded over the years to include artefacts and coins from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Etruria and Rome, with objects ranging in date from the 4th millennium BC to the 6th century AD. It now contains over 300 artefacts and 500 ancient coins.
Items of special significance include a pair of white-ground lekythoi (funerary pots) decorated with rare dynamic military scenes, along with the ‘name vases’ of two ancient artists, named respectively for their location in Hobart and to honour the museum’s founder: the Hobart Painter and the Elliott Painter.
Curriculum connections: History, Visual Arts
Target audience: Years 3-12
Enquiries/Bookings:
Email: classics.museum@utas.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 6226 2235
The Blueprint is a work-in-progress design program by Nipaluna, Lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania) artist, Noah Johnson. Through the coherence of blue denim (cotton), the artist hopes to draw parallels between present conceptions of wearing denim in mainstream culture, how Black culture has contributed to that, and the early atrocities that this crop's production caused Black people.
The Blueprint illustrates well-known quilting motifs that African Americans, recontextualised throughout enslavement to communicate and deliver messages to other Black people working or travelling the Underground Railroads. The secret codes woven in the quilts were easily learnt and were critical for Black people because reading and writing English was intentionally not taught. Everything was devoted to memory, word of mouth, and active adaptation, allowing cautious travel and the hope of freedom.
Image courtesy of the artist
Curriculum connections: Design and Technologies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Target audience: Secondary
Enquiries/Bookings:
Email: jane.barlow@utas.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 6226 4353
This 45 minute workshop provides secondary school students with the skills and tools to find quality information for their assignments.
The information highway is long and complex, so it makes sense to have a good map and the skills to reach your destination in the most efficient way. In this workshop, students will be introduced to some new search engines and learning resources, tips and tricks to get better search results, and get hands-on practice in creating search strategies that really work!
Curriculum connections: Literacy, Creative and Critical Thinking, Information and Communication Technology
Target audience: Years 7-12
Delivery: On campus and online (Zoom)
Cost: Free
Enquiries/Bookings:
Email: brenda.carter@utas.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 6324 3484
Mainstream and social media are awash with stories, some of which are factual. Can you tell the difference, and does it matter? In this 45 minute workshop, you will discover what fake news is, how it's spread and how you can detect it.
Curriculum connections: Literacy, Creative and Critical Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Information and Communication Technology
Target audience: Years 7-10
Delivery: On campus and online (Zoom)
Cost: Free
Enquiries/Bookings:
Email: brenda.carter@utas.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 6324 3484
This 45 minute workshop introduces students to a range of high quality, freely available online resources they have probably never heard of. Customisable according to Year level, 10 Things You Can Get For Free will give students the edge in their next research assignment.
Target audience: Years 7-12
Curriculum Connections: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Information and Communication Technology
Delivery: On campus - Inveresk/Newnham; Online (Zoom)
Cost: Free
Enquiries/Bookings:
Email: glenn.mulcaster@utas.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 6324 3061
