Project Heritage
Jessica Hart
During Term 3, Year 6 participated in a unique individual and collaborative learning project called Project Heritage. Project Heritage brings together students with elders in our community, to learn about their lives, our past and to connect with our Jewish heritage. As a group we heard many interesting personal stories and insights from the nine Living Historians who are grandparents and friends in the Emanuel School community.
Last term, we conducted three interviews with our Historians on Zoom. Each Historian told their personal stories, answered our questions and shared their wisdom and outlook on life. It was fascinating to learn about a time when I wasn’t there and the hardships our ancestors have experienced. I am the granddaughter of Litzi Lemberg who was my group’s Historian. It felt important to be hearing my own grandmother’s story in details that I’d never heard before. I learnt so many new things about her life and the world before I was born. I am so glad and proud that she participated in Project Heritage.
This week we celebrated the conclusion of our learning with a presentation ceremony and by launching the Project Heritage website, which contains a curated collection of each group’s work – including artwork, creative writing, biographies and a biopic.
To all the historians who shared your words of wisdom this year, I thank you for the experience and all the time and thought you have put into this project. I’d also like to thank all of the teachers and mentors who put so much work into making this a memorable and educational project.
Thank you to everyone who helped give my peers and me this incredible opportunity to be involved in the community and to learn about our history and heritage.
