Slovakia Deep Dive : an educational ecology and history project in Banská Bystrica

Abstract

This teachers pack is part of a wider EU-funded project, which involves many diffe- rent activities and outcomes by a consortium of intemational partners including ESJF (European Jewish Cemeteries Foundation), Centropa and the Foundation for Jewish Herit- age. Part of the outreach side of this project is the ‘Deep Dive’ programme, which has invol- ved a range of different Creative and educational activities at seven Jewish cemeteries across Európe. The lead partner for this activity is the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. The Deep Dives aim to explore the potential of different histórie Jewish cemetery sites for interpretati- on, local community engagement, developing heritage skills, and for generál educational, cultural, artistic and touristic purposes, and trialling the application of new types of activity including the use of digital technologies. Further information on the Deep Dives: https://www.jewishcemeteries.eu/deep-dives/. The range of Deep Dive activities include a digital audio guide, a photographic exhi- bition, heritage trails, a writer-in-residence programme, a digital mapping project, a docu- mentary film and in Slovakia this education pack for schools, which explores the Jewish history and the bio-diversity of the Jewish cemetery in Banská Bystrica in the Radvaň district.