The “Get to Know Your Market Town ” walking tour takes students on a guided walk through Assens, the municipality’s historic market town. Students learn about the town’s history through stories of life in Assens. We’ll stop at various locations throughout the town, where we’ll hear about life in Assens for both the rich and the poor in the 1800s. We’ll pass by places where the wealthy lived and worked, and we’ll see which parts of the town have been home to the less well-off throughout history.

The course makes students aware of:

• The significance of the city’s geographical location—its central position on the Little Belt and as an important crossing point on the route between the Duchies and the Capital.
• The experience of local history as linked to national and international history.
• Understanding the city’s physical spaces as they relate to the lives and work of people in the past

This course is designed for 4th–6th graders and aims to meet the competency goal for history: Students can relate changes in daily life and living conditions over time to their own lives.

Skills and Knowledge Objectives: Family and Communities: The student can compare families, lineages, and communities of the past with their own life. The student has knowledge of communities in the past and present. Means of Subsistence and Production: The student has knowledge of means of subsistence and production in the past and present.

This program can inspire further work that aligns with the competency goals for Danish after the 4th grade: Skills and Knowledge Goals: Experience and Empathy: The student can dramatize literature and other aesthetic texts through reading aloud and drawing. Body and Drama: The student can dramatize texts and themes together with others.

WHERE: Assens

WHEN: by appointment

DURATION: approx. 60 minutes

CONTACT: skoletjeneste@museumvestfyn.dk