Programme for School Groups
Tours for School Groups
Escape
Primary school children aged from 9 to 12 learn why people in former East Germany left their home country. What were they unhappy about? What did they protest against? What were the circumstances that brought about the fall of the Wall and the reunification of Germany?
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Fee: 30,- euro
Booking via Tel: + 49 (0)30 247 49-888,
Fax: + 49 (0) 30 24749-883 or
E-Mail: fuehrungen(at)mauerfall09.de
and in the online shop under booking code:
15K / Flucht / Age: 9-12 (max. 15 participants)
30K / Flucht / Age: 9-12 (max. 30 participants)
Protest!
What was life like for young people in the GDR? In 1989 they increasingly rejected the constraints put on them by the state. How did they do it? Secondary school children aged from 13 to 16 can examine and learn about the youth protest movements, their aims and achievements.
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Fee: 30,- euro
Booking via Tel: + 49 (0)30 247 49-888,
Fax: + 49 (0) 30 24749-883 or
E-Mail: fuehrungen(at)mauerfall09.de
and in the online shop under booking code:
15J / Protest! / Age: 13-16 (max. 15 participants)
30J / Protest! / Age: 13-16 (max. 30 participants)
Freedom!
How did demand relate to reality under real socialism in the GDR? Why did the citizens of the GDR overthrow the Socialist Unity Party (SED) of Germany and force the disclosure of Stasi files? Why did they vote for the fastest route to unity? School pupils aged from 16 to 19 can learn from the people who initiated and took part in the Peaceful Revolution and learn about its causes, aims and achievements.
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Fee: 30,- euro
Booking via Tel: + 49 (0)30 247 49-888,
Fax: + 49 (0) 30 24749-883 or
E-Mail: fuehrungen(at)mauerfall09.de
and in the online shop under booking code:
15J / Freedom! / Age: 16-19 (max. 15 participants)
30J / Freedom! / Age: 16-19 (max. 30 participants)
All tours for school groups can be booked in German and English (in the online shop) as well as Italian, French, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin and Turkish language (via Tel: +49 (0)30 247 49-888, Fax: +49 (0) 30 24749-883 and E-Mail: fuehrungen(at)mauerfall09.de).
Workshops for School Groups
Stories on Escape
In this workshop school children of the grades 3 to 6 get to know possible motives for escape and the circumstances which have to be considered. "Imagine you had to flee. What would you take with you? What would you leave behind? How would you flee? Do you really want to take all this?" The pupils can express their ideas and experiences with the help of various techniques such as collage, drawing, printing game, or creative writing. The workshop can be booked as of the beginning of October. By appointment only, duration: 120 minutes, grades 3–6, max. 30 pupils, 60,- Euro
Call for Protest
Members of the opposition wrote and copied handbills and newspapers on wax matrices. In the exhibition such an apparatus is available and after their exhibition visit pupils of the grades 7 to 13 can design their own handbills. Thus they gain insight into the complicated communication circumstances members of the opposition had to deal with in the GDR. By appointment only, duration: 120 minutes, grades 7–13, max. 30 pupils, 60,- Euro
Youth in the Opposition
The workshop starts with an exhibition visit concentrating on the following aspects:
- Foundation of the GDR and opposition in the 50s and 60s (17 June 1953, Prague Spring 1968)
- Situation of artists and dissidents in the GDR
- Situation of the youth in the GDR – their possibilities of expression, development and organisation (e.g. "Umweltbibliothek", Initiative for Freedom and Civil Rights), part of the church
- Departure and escape
- Reaktions of the state considering the growing opposition – intention and results
Afterwards the pupils divide into study groups. In short biographies four persons are introduced which engaged in the opposition movement of the GDR as young adolescents: Bettina Wegner, Till Böttcher, Uta Ihlow, Roland Jahn. Then the pupils search for answers on one of the following questions with the help of a glossary, a plan of the exhibition marking the relevant stations as well as worksheets with detailed tasks:
- In which way does the opposition in the first years of the GDR differ from the opposition in the middle/end of the 80s?
- Which scope for design and rooms did the youth in the GDR have?
- Which role played departure and escape for the opposition in the GDR?
- What was the state’s reaction on the opposition becoming stronger and appearing before the public?
The results of the research will be presented and discussed in the plenum of the exhibition. By appointment only, duration: 120 Minuten, grades 10–13, max. 30 pupils, 60,- Euro
Booking via Tel: + 49 (0)30 247 49-888,
Fax: + 49 (0) 30 24749-883 or
E-mail: fuehrungen(at)mauerfall09.de
Time Witness Interviews
Uwe Dähn (time witness and protagonist) accompanies you on your visit of the exhibition and afterwards discusses with you the processes that led to the Peaceful Revolution.
Uwe Dähn: born 1950; economist; 1976-1978 'Zentralinstitut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften'; oppositional, illegal work in the circle; after dismissal fireman, photo lab technician, photographer, dramatic adviser, stage director et al.; participation in the 'Pankower Friedenskreis', since autumn 1989 activity in the 'New Forum' [Neues Forum]; 1990-1992 District Council for Culture and Education in Berlin-Mitte; 1993-1994 Bündnis 90 Federal Executive; 1995-1999 Member of the Berlin City Parliament (parliamentary party Bündnis 90/Grüne); 2001-2002 director of the 'Theaterhaus Mitte'; since 2002 historical guided tours through Berlin (also with rickshaw); at the moment working in a project of cultural youth education (theatre with school kids)
By appointment only, duration: 120 minutes, grades 10–13, 60,- Euro
Booking via Tel: + 49 (0) 30 247 49-888,
Fax: +49 (0) 30 247 49-883 or
E-mail: fuehrungen(at)mauerfall09.de
Notice:
For pupils there is room for storing schoolbags.
Subject to change without notice.
It is assumed that with your booking you took notice of the General Terms and Conditions of Kulturprojekte Berlin/FührungsNetz - Guided Tours Network.
Tours and workshops can be payed by credit card (in the online shop), by invioce or by direct debit (possible only within Germany).
The education and outreach programme is developed and realised by the FührungsNetz - Guided Tours Network, Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH.
