Global learning
Content: Students take an imaginary journey through time by learning about education in the German Imperial Era in the permanent exhibition “A (hi-)story of schools”. One focus is on an arithmetic aid that was popular at the time – the abacus. Together, students try out the abacus and learn about its origin. Afterwards, we talk about education in the Inca Empire, the conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spanish and how it has shaped the education of people in Peru (South America) to this day. Various teaching aids are explained. The focus is on a popular Inca calculating tool, the yupana. Participants design their own yupana to take home.
With a lot of everyday relevance and practical activities, students approach age-appropriate topics of global learning such as equal, inclusive and high-quality education. In addition, they strengthen their empathy and ability to act in global contexts.
Time: The programme can be completed in one day at the museum (4 hours plus a break). If you would prefer a different schedule, for example, two consecutive days, please get in touch.
Grade level: Suitable for grades 5-8 (by arrangement, primary school and higher grades)
Subjects: Geography, mathematics, interdisciplinary – education for sustainable development/global learning
Guest speaker: Susana Fernández de Friboese (Education Officer for Global Learning)
Cost: €2.50 per person (free for instructors)
Globales Lernen
In the first part of the event, the participants clarify questions such as:
For example, a brief historical lesson encourages pupils to compare their own school day with the learning realities in Magdeburg a hundred years ago and in Indonesia in the past and present.
With a lot of everyday relevance and practical activities, participants approach age-appropriate topics of global learning such as children’s rights (right to education) and strengthen their empathy and their ability to act.
Teaching team: Juliane Lippok and an education expert with a connection to the Global South (e.g. Niketut Warsini)
Grade level: Grades 5/6 (by arrangement, primary school and higher grades)
Time: The programme can be completed in one day at the museum (4 hours plus a break) or, with a few minor modifications, in two days at the museum and at school.
© KHM, Foto: Charlen Christoph
Dr. Juliane Lippok
Kulturhistorisches Museum MagdeburgMuseum educatorOtto-von-Guericke-Str. 68 — 73 | 39104 MagdeburgTelefon: 0391 / 540 35 27 (Di — Do)E-Mail: juliane.lippok@museen.magdeburg.de
The Museum of Cultural History Magdeburg is part of a state-wide project (sponsored by MAGLETAN e.V.). Various museums in Saxony-Anhalt offer programmes for school classes that make global networks tangible from different perspectives.
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Event - 28. June 2025 5:00 PM
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