Offers for School Classes

The highlight tour is an entertaining encounter with the topics of the annual exhibition. The programme invites visitors to take a closer look at special exhibits. It's not just a case of keeping your ears open, but also hands on!

Practical, well-founded, compact. Our history lab introduces students to the work of historians based on a thematic focus of early modern history (e.g. early Enlightenment, global history, history of education, etc.). In up to six practical modules, experts from the research department, the archive, the library and the museum support the students with impulse lectures, guided tours, discussion rounds and workshop sequences in the LeoLab.

The workshop combines impulses from the annual exhibition »Total real. Die Entdeckung der Anschaulichkeit« with a practical activity in the LeoLab. What solutions do young people find to visualise complex and abstract concepts, processes and phenomena?

Our world is far too colourful and too big to grasp at a glance. What helps us to understand it in all its complexity? The exhibition tour offers insights into the world-explaining machine of school lessons and how 300 years ago experiments and manual skills conveyed the growing natural history and technical knowledge of the time.

Wir machen es uns gemütlich und stimmen uns auf die Feier- und Wintertage ein. Die Kinder lauschen Geschichten, gestalten in der Werkstatt kleine Kunstwerke oder Geschenke und nutzen die Zeit zum gemeinsamen Spielen.
Das Angebot ist von der Woche vor dem 1. Advent bis zu den Weihnachtsferien buchbar.
(Religion/Ethik, Sachunterricht)

Over one hundred different plant species are mentioned in the Bible. These are largely the same species as in the holy books of Judaism and Islam. The most important plants can be found in our Bible garden. If desired, we can grind and bake a simple flatbread, and participants can organise a garden tour of the seven most important biblical plants themselves. At the end there will be a meal of flatbread, grape juice and biblical fruit. (in German)

Botanical knowledge of plant identification is a prerequisite for being able to assess biodiversity. Depending on the time available, we can go through up to three stations in this programme. After a brief introduction to a simple plant identification book, we first identify plant species independently. Then we categorise garden plants into the most important plant families. Thirdly, there is a herb quiz. At the end, a homemade herb quark on fresh bread is the reward. (in German)

We create pictures from flowers and leaves collected and dried in the garden as well as autumnal window decorations from natural materials. Using the technique of nature self-printing, we create creative prints from leaves and plants. During Advent, we make our own Advent arrangements from natural materials.
(in German)

While plant dyes used to play a decisive role in the dyeing of fabrics, knowledge of dye plants has largely been lost today. We rediscover historical dye plants and even dye silk scarves in an environmentally friendly way using plant material. Patterns can be incorporated for embellishment. During the Easter period, we dye eggs with plant-based colours and individual leaf patterns.
(in German)

With the Kunst- und Naturalienkammer and the Historische Kulissenbibliothek, the foundations house two fascinating collections. The groups get to know the places through practical exercises - communicative, associative and explorative.
(History, German)

The Francke Foundations' Pflanzgarten becomes a »garden of the senses« if you approach it in a completely different way. We explore and enjoy the garden using various sensory perception games for seeing, smelling, touching and tasting.
(in German)

Depending on the season, we get to know numerous vegetable plants, fruit trees and shrubs in the plant garden and process their harvest fresh from the garden into healthy and delicious food. We focus on health aspects as well as regional and seasonal nutrition. We also learn about the most important types of grain and their uses, as grain can be ground, baked, flaked into muesli or cooked as porridge on site. (in German)

Our introductory programme for kindergarten and primary school groups visiting the Francke Foundations for the first time. The children learn about the history of the orphanage, explore the cabinet of curiosities and take a look over the city of Halle from the balcony.
(general studies, German, design, religion/ethics)

With quotations from August Hermann Francke, the young people embark on a photographic search for illustrative motifs. What pictorial solutions can be found in the terrain? What is behind the historical quotations? The programme serves to get to know the Francke Foundations independently and enables an approach to August Hermann Francke's world of ideas.
(History, German, Art)

To disseminate his writings, August Hermann Francke founded his own printing press. In our printing workshop, pupils practise the historical technique of printing with typesetting frames, metal type and small mirrored type: Small texts are written, typeset and printed. A thematic focus is possible by arrangement.
For larger groups, the program can be combined with "School in the past"!
(German, general studies, arts)

The programme leads into the Wunderkammer. Based on the impressions gathered there, text modules are created that are set and printed. In addition to the historical printing technique with movable type, the participants try out a printing process for illustrations.

How did people live 300 years ago, what did Francke's world look like? We approach the world of the 18th century through lifestyle, diet, land use, etc. and discover the differences to our lives today. Depending on the time, we will prepare a meal ourselves as we did back then. (in German)

What did school lessons look like 300 years ago? What subjects were there back then? In the historical classroom, the pupils decipher a timetable from the 18th century. They practise writing in Kurrent script with pen and ink, just like the pupils in August Hermann Francke's time, and discover the world in miniature in the Wunderkammer.
(Sachunterricht, German)

From the different early bloomers in early spring to the ripening of fruit and the colouring of leaves on various trees and shrubs in autumn, we experience, observe and investigate seasonal changes in plants and animals in the plant garden and the grounds of the Francke Foundations. (in German)

We carry out experiments on the germination and growth of plants to find out what environmental conditions plants need to survive. The experiments are designed for a longer period of time. We start the experiments at the first meeting. Then everyone carries out their observations independently. At the second meeting, we analyse the results together. (in German)

The programme aims to help children understand that soil, the earth, is an important basis of life for us all. We explore the components of soil, discover the world of soil organisms, consider how soil is formed and carry out simple soil experiments depending on the time. (in German)

Various medicinal and aromatic plants are used to promote health and well-being. During a herbal tour, we learn about important medicinal and aromatic plants, their typical scent, sometimes also flavour, their medicinal use and effect. We then test our knowledge in a herbal quiz. Depending on the time available, we finish by making something homemade from herbs, such as herbal tea or herbal spread. (in German)

On an informative collecting safari through the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities, we collect various memorabilia for works of art, which we put together in our workshop to create a kaleidoscope of pictures or curious art objects.