Activities for Schools

The Freilich Foundation is committed to working with school students and their teachers to exploring ways that bigotry, prejudice and discrimination can be fought.

Our programmes have included:

2001, a weekend workshop on the Aboriginal history of the Canberra region for teachers of Indigenous Studies and teachers with responsibilities for mentoring Indigenous students.

2002, a two-day workshop for high school history teachers called , "Teaching the Holocaust and other Genocides".

2002, an afternoon professional development programme for pre-school teachers on discrimination amongst four- to six-year olds.

2003, a series of visits to pre-primary, primary and high schools by Mbulelo Mzamane, an eminent South African writer, teacher and story-teller to speak on issues of racism.

2007, the inagural biennial summer school for teachers on the theme 'Understanding Islam'. Forty teachers from over 90 applicants Australia wide were chosen to attend a three day summer school in Canberra.

For more information on the summer school click here