ULC劍橋國際高中----課堂｜記暑假德國人文考察旅行

這次旅行考察的目的是讓學生沉浸到一種不同的文化中，讓他們感受活生生的歷史，把課本上的故事帶到學生生活中。當學生們走在課堂歷史人物曾走過的街道，能更深刻、更充實地理解他們的學科知識。

撰文|人文學科組老師

Mr. Simon Lowe

今年暑假，人文學科組老師成功組織了一場到訪德國的考察旅行，以引導學生思考、探究人文課程，來自地理、歷史A Level班的8名學生盡情享受了這一趟柏林、慕尼黑之旅。

在柏林的這段時間里，學生們不僅參觀了具有歷史意義的景點，也去到了課堂上學過的歷史事件見證地，完成了一系列歷史徒步之旅，其中包括德國國會大廈、柏林墻、大屠殺紀念館以及夏洛騰堡宮。此外，學生們還走進了各種各樣的博物館、藝術(shù)畫廊，欣賞到許多在藝術(shù)界頗具影響力的作品。“浸潤在德國文化之中”正是這次旅行考察的關(guān)鍵所在。

既然來到了柏林世界級購物中心，購物也成了此行的必選項，學生們在這里也收獲頗豐。天氣晴朗時，徒步考察是我們體驗到的另一項柏林特色活動。當我們走得饑腸轆轆時，還會吃上聞名全世界的柏林香腸，以保持能量充沛。

在柏林待了一段時間后，我們乘坐越野火車，穿過黑森林，來到了巴伐利亞州的首府慕尼黑。作為聞名世界的歐洲歷史文化名城，慕尼黑坐落在阿爾卑斯山脈北麓。當我們進入這個保留著原巴伐利亞王國都城風情的“百萬人村莊”后，學生們也收獲了一個了解德國文化的不同視角。

在巴伐利亞州期間，我們參觀了迪士尼睡美人城堡的靈感來源地——“瘋王”路德維希二世的夢幻城堡，并了解他傳奇坎坷的一生。我們還在歐洲民間傳說中的“童話”村莊奧博阿梅爾高停下腳步，并在第二天參觀了納粹德國三大中心集中營之一的達豪集中營遺址。這些都給A Level學生們帶來了課程大綱知識的第一手資料，讓他們感受到世界歷史上黑暗時期所帶來的絕望滋味。返回慕尼黑后，我們吃了一些當?shù)靥厣澄锖惋嬈?，還在藝術(shù)畫廊里欣賞到享譽世界的安迪·沃霍爾作品展覽，物質(zhì)和精神世界都得到了極大滿足。

這次考察的另一位陪同老師Ms. Wang補充道，“通過這次歷史旅行考察，學生們得到了鍛煉，在有趣的氛圍里學習。通過參觀歷史景點，把課堂學習內(nèi)容帶到生活中來，這遠比閱讀課本更有意義。”

在德國期間，我們遇到了很多來自世界各地的校園旅行團，包括歐洲、美國、日本等，但只有一所學校來自于中國，那就是ULC學生團。對此，我的解讀是：旅行不單是為了學習課程知識，我們的學生也需要探究不一樣的文化和習俗，以便他們更好地適應和包容差異。

G12年級學生王子慕也分享了這次考察的個人體會，她說，“通過書本和網(wǎng)上信息學習歷史，似乎已經(jīng)足以喚醒我們對歷史事件的強烈情感。但當我身臨歷史事件發(fā)生地，卻是另一種感受，把我的感受上升到了另一種程度。我仿佛穿越到幾十年前、幾百年前，呼吸著那時候的空氣，觸碰到那些歷史人物的靈魂，對過往不由深懷敬意。當你閱讀書籍時，你讀到的是歷史，但當你真正站在那個地方的時候，你卻能感覺它，觸碰它，并重新體會它。這是我們旅行的原因，也是紀念過去的更好方式。最后，正如我在Instagram上分享的——歷史在德國留下了印記，這個國家接受過去，并擁抱更光明的未來。這真是一場美妙而有意義的旅行!非常感謝!”

The Humanities department organised a successful trip to Germany in the Summer term to support the History Curriculum. Eight students from the Geography and History A-Level classes thoroughly enjoyed the trip to Berlin and Munich.

Mr. Lowe, ULink’s History teacher said, “The aim of the trip was to immerse the students in a different culture and to give them access to a living form of History, to bring to life the stories from their textbooks, to walk the same streets of those people they study in class and to develop a deeper and more fulfilling understanding of their subject.”

Whilst in Berlin the students took part in a series of walking History tours to sites of general historical interest and also sites directly referenced in their History classes. This included visits to the Reichstag Parliament building, the Berlin Wall and the Holocaust memorial as well as the Palace of Charlottenburg. The students also enjoyed cultural visits to a variety of museums and art galleries containing many influential pieces from the world of art. The immersion into German culture was a key part of the tour.

Shopping was also a firm favourite with the students as they enjoyed visits to the world class shopping centres in Germany’s capital city. Long-walks and sunny weather were a constant feature of our time in Berlin as were the world-famous Berlin sausages which we hungrily feasted upon to keep up our energy.

After our time in Berlin we took a cross-country train through the Black Forest to Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Famous for its central role in European History, Munich, nestled in the shadow of the Alps mountain range, provided the students with a different perspective of German culture as we entered the Kingdom of the mountain people. We journeyed to the fantastical castles of ‘Mad’ King Ludwig II, the inspiration for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty castle, and learnt the tragic story of Ludwig. We also were able to stop in the village of Oberammergau, the ‘Fairy Tale’ village of European folklore. The following day was more sobering as we visited the site of the former concentration camp at Dachau, the first such camp in Nazi Germany. This gave the A-Level students first-hand experience of their syllabus and provided them with a real taste of the despair caused by this dark time in world history. Returning back to Munich we enjoyed a much-needed lifting of our spirits with some traditional food and drink and a spectacular art gallery hosting a world-famous Andy Warhol exhibition.

Ms. Wang, the local teacher who accompanied the trip added, “By going on this history field trip, students get physically active and are learning in a fun atmosphere. To bring what is studied in class by visiting these sites makes much more sense than reading books. ”

While we were in Germany, I encountered many school trips from all over the world; from Europe, USA, Japan just to name a few. But there was only one school from China-ULC students. My own understanding of such trips is not only limited to learning subject knowledge, our students also explore new culture and traditions and they are more adaptable and tolerant to differences. “

Angelina Wang, a grade 12 student shared her feelings of the trip, “Learning history through books and information online has always seemed enough to rouse strong feelings for what happened in the past. But truly being there is another thing, it took it to another level. I felt I could breathe the air from decades, centuries ago. I felt the ghosts walking past me. I felt a deep reverence for the past. When you read the books, you read about history. But when you are actually at that place, you are able to feel it, touch it, and relive it. That’s why we travel and that’s the better way to commemorate the past. At last, as I said on my Instagram: history has left its mark on Germany. This country acknowledges the past and embraces a brighter future. It’s been a wonderful and meaningful trip. Thank you so much!”