Together for Humanity offers on-line resources and face to face workshops for students and teachers fostering intercultural understanding.
Face to face: School Workshops
Together for Humanity offers workshops for students and teachers in Australian public and private schools. Your students will be able to join the 75,000 students who have enjoyed and benefited from our programs.
The Programmes
Together for Humanity is now offering six programs for schools. All programs are run by our teams of Muslim, Jewish and Christian presenters, and we also have Indigenous presenters available.
For Stage 2 History: Community and Remembrance
This workshop is a one-hour interactive presentation that supports and enriches the NSW syllabus. This workshop engages students in exploring common and diverse celebrations of significance in Australia and the world. Our Muslim, Jewish and Christian presenters share stories of their own celebrations and challenge assumptions.
Programs suitable for years 3-4.
Assembly style, suitable for up to 150 students
Expands cross cultural understanding, develops appreciation of diverse celebrations
For Stage 3 History: Australia as a nation and Geography: a diverse and connected world.
In this workshop students hear stories relating to how migrants have contributed to Australian society. Our presenters lead students on an exploration of similarities, differences and relationships between people, places, cultures, customs and beliefs, perceptions and the importance of intercultural understanding.
Program suitable for Years 5-10.
Assembly style, suitable for up to 150 students.
Expands cross cultural understanding, develops appreciation of similarity and difference.
Builds real relationships across cultural and religious difference.
Our signature presentation where students learn about diversity, commonality and question assumptions about identity. A diverse group of 3-4 presenters engage with students to unpack the issues of diversity over a one-hour presentation.
The Reaching Out program offers a more in-depth experience. Our diverse facilitators challenge and support your students to work with their peers from other schools with backgrounds different from their own. Two or more schools will come together for a minimum of one day once a term for three to four terms, to learn more about diversity.
Program suitable for Years 5-10.
Includes storytelling, values clarification, role play and problem solving.
Expands cross cultural understanding, develops citizenship and communal responsibility.
Builds real relationships across cultural and religious difference.
Option to do joint service project, with ongoing support from Together for Humanity.
Evaluation of our Programs Our Outside the Box and Reaching Out programs have been found to be “educationally effective” – Dr J NAYLER, Independent Evaluation Report, 2009. Read the summary or detailed report.
Together for Humanity presentations to principals and teachers are available to demonstrate our approach, and to contribute to staff competency regarding intercultural understanding.
Knowing who you are, where you come from, what you believe in, what you strive for and what kind of world you want to contribute to is the foundation of standing your ground. The Belonging and Identity program has been created for students from marginalised, disadvantaged, low Socio-Economic Status(SES) and/or isolated communities. Addressing the needs of students who experience social and peer pressures, traumatic backgrounds, immigration, being a minority, or discrimination.
Program suitable for Years 6-10, in a group size of up to 20.
Offers a balance of relationship building and far reaching examination of important issues such as prejudice, identity, conflict, purpose and engagement.
Minimum of three 1.5 hour workshops.
To download a brochure, click here.
Please register your interest for a workshop by completing the form or contact us.
On-Line: Explore diversity with our free Difference Differently interactive resource
Funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and aligned to the Australian Curriculum, Difference Differently is a free online resource that offers modules in English, History, Geography and Civics and Citizenship for students in years 3 – 10.
Through the use of videos, online forums, quizzes, and interactive learning activities, Difference Differentlypromotes flexible learning and aims to improve ways in which schools develop young Australians’ intercultural understanding.
Complemented by a teacher resource providing online professional learning (endorsed by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards), Difference Differently is a powerful and engaging resource suitable for all Australian schools.
