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 Inspire your students with a sense of wonder and mystery for the archaeology and history of Ancient Civilizations.
This lively, thought-provoking Exhibition and Power Point presentation makes learning fun.
New displays are added every year (53 planned).
ARCHAEO-PRO conducts educational incursions to schools in Victoria, primarily for year 7 SOSE students, although other
year levels can be accomodated.
Incursions are limited to the Metropolitan area and environs of Melbourne (including Geelong and Ballarat).
Programme:
One and a half hours: approx. 35-40 minutes PowerPoint presentation, 40 minutes active inspection of the exhibition using a
Question Sheet compiled by you from the Master Question Sheet e-mailed to you upon confirmation of booking (or download it below) 10 minutes
verbal question time rounds off the session.
Each PowerPoint presentation includes animations, video clips, & sounds*. The Travelling Exhibition consists of well laid out interresting
showcases of replicas & some original archaeological material, integrated with written questions for students, as well as discussion material for
later use by teachers.
Topics Available: General Egypt, Mesopotamia (Sumer & Akkad), The Mummy, Digging up the Past, Tutankhamun’s Tomb, The Romans,
Origins & Development of Writing, The Greeks, Ancient Technology, Beginnings of Civilization, Weird Archaeology, Minoans & Mycenaeans,
Ancient Warfare & more!......
Charges: $7/student (schools paying on the day receive the discounted price of $6/student).
Minimum Charge: $300
CLICK HERE TO VIEW Newspaper clippings of programmes in various schools
PHONE FOR A FULL INFORMATION KIT including a List & Descrition OF ALL TOPICS AVAILALABLE, DETAILS OF ACCESSABILITY, REQUIREMENTS etc. or E-MAIL ME at
 Almost all presentations now include a 3D option. Students make up their 3D coloured glasses before the incursion. Be sure to download the 3D Glasses Template and Instructions . There is no extra charge for the 3D option.
For free card 3D glasses try this link Printing & Assembly Instructions for 3D glasses click here
To purchase commercial 3D card glasses in bulk click here,
For commercial plastic 3D glasses try this link
To download the Student
Question Sheets used for
the Travelling Exhibition CLICK HERE
Teachers frequently comment that previously disinterested students
have suddenly come alive to ancient history as a result of this programme.
To BOOK AN INCURSION/TRAVELLING EXHIBITION at YOUR SCHOOL
PHONE (03) 9754 7376 or 0410 508 651
*I take full responsibility for the. . . err. . . low intellectual level of the mummy and other jokes in all my presentations!
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What Victorian teachers have said about the Programme . . . .
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“A thoroughly intriguing Power Point presentation supported by a great display and more importantly, primary sources. ... (Garry Stone) has
learned what students are interested in and the questions they will ask.”
Beverley Wende, St Leonard’s College, Patterson River
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“The lecture is very enjoyable. Students are keenly interested in the visual display and the commentary is
informative, pitched at the students’ level and at times humorous... The display cases are well setup... (Garry’s) patience with
the students is appreciated. Support material makes it very easy to prepare apprpriate workbook material; an absorbing day that could always go
longer.”
Linda Kiernan, Clonard College, Geelong.
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“I have found your travelling show
an excellent reinforcement for students. They get to have someone else telling them some very interesting things in a very professional
manner, and they listen. The show is both entertaining and educational and I have recommended your show once again to our SOSE coordinator
for next year.”
Dawn Hand, Bentleigh Secondary College
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“The students thoroughly enjoyed the Archaeo-Pro experience. It helped bring their studies to
life. They especially enjoyed the slides of the mummies that we had studied in some detail.”
Denise Toomey, Monteray Secondary College
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“Amusing, entertaining, and informative, filled with sick jokes and gruesome
information to keep the kids interested throughout; inspires a million questions at the end of the presentation.”
Julian Lewis, Pakenham Secondary College
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“Those who have seen Garry at work know that he is good value. His presentation is noted for
its quirky humour, excellent slides and an ability to really connect with the boys. His exhibits include about twenty excellent
models from the ancient world and an animated mummy of Ramesses III.”
John Hewitt, Brighton Grammar School
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 Teachers booking ARCHAEO-PRO incursions are given FREE CD ROMs of all the Models, Clipart, Virtual Museum, Colour
photos, WorkSheets, and Games listed below. except the How to Write Cuneiform booklet. I add to this disc every few months.
Descriptions of some of these resource materials on the CD ROM are given below. All these materials are also available on CD to
schools which I cannot visit due to distance for the price of AU $80 plus postage
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ARCHAEO-PRO publications
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 These are fold-up cardboard educational Models designed for classroom use. Each model includes historical information &
assembly instructions: ‘Cleopatra’s Needle’, the Pyramids of Giza, the Ziggurat of Ur, a Roman Villa, and a two story Sumerian House, a Mesolithic village and a cluster of houses from the Neolithic town of Catal Huyuk, All printed in B&W for student painting
or colour for final print. FREE on the CD ROM for non-commercial use for teachers booking incursions or use the links to purchase.
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Hydrostone/resin/white metal Replica Artefacts from Egypt, Greece, Israel, Mesopotamia, and Rome. Replicas include ushabtis & scarabs from Egypt, cuneiform tablets & cylinder seals from Mesopotamia, and ancient coins. Each replica comes with historical data. Available at reasonable prices.
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Our Activity Sheets Hunefer #1 & Hunefer #2 are facsimiles of Egyptian papyri & are pitched at early high school level. Colour
coded for colouring/painting, they include hieroglyphs to trace, historical information and translations of all hieroglyphs. These are
really self-contained lessons ideal for class activity, FREE for non-commercial use by teachers and students.
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Here are dozens of line-drawn Clipart Images FREE for non-commercial use for teachers booking incursions. These line drawings of artefacts, places, gods, & maps of ancient Egypt, Sumer/Akkad, Babylonia, Persia, Israel, Greece, the Romans, and Early Man are useful for producing teaching materials and student projects. FREE for non-commercial use for teachers booking incursions on the CD ROM. Some samples here.
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Many Colour Photos of sites, artefacts, and excavations of cities of the ancient world are available to the teacher & student FREE for non-commercial use for teachers booking programmes. These include Egyptian temples, sites in Mesopotamia, Athens, & Rome. Some are available FREE via this link.
BOOK PUBLISHERS note that hundreds of
slide images are available for sale at resonable rates.
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The Virtual Museum consists of videos of rotating artefacts as well as 3D anaglyphs (eg. image at left) of many excavated antiquities. It
is primarily intended as a supplement to viewing the real antiquities or at least replicas of the
same. We hope this will be useful for teachers in remote areas. .For non-commercial use only.
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The ‘How to Write Cuneiform’ booklet shows students (in photographs) how to make a cuneiform tablet, write some Sumerian, Babylonian, & Assyrian words and allows students to use alphabetic Ugaritic cuneiform to write English or Ugaritic words and phrases..
Includes a history of the decipherment of cuneiform, and instructions to make a CYLINDER SEAL for students to seal their own tablet. THIS BOOKLET IS NOT ON THE COMPLIMENTARY CD ROM but is also for sale by download. Price: AU $15 ea - cheaper for bulk rights to re-print.
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ARCHAEO-PRO’s Newsletter provides latest items of news such as new lecture topics, model kits, archaeological titbits, and reviews of television documentaries. SUBSCRIBE by clicking here:
 . It is NOT my intention to ‘spam’ you or your
school/college. If you do not wish to receive the Newsletter please simply send me an e-mail with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field or
by clicking here
 : and I will respect your wishes.
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Not sure what to do with that SOSE class on a Friday afternoon? These include Over-Head Projector Games such as Matching Squares (students attempt to locate common themes in pairs of squares - Romans page illustrated at left), Snakes and Ladders (a
group-based OHP game coming soon), and Wargames for advanced learners allow students to print off maps and counters for
simulations of the Battle of Rapha and the Battle of Thermopylae (nearly complete). FREE for non-commercial use for teachers
booking incursions on the CD ROM.
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Teachers clickhere for MASTER Question Sheet, Teacher Cheat sheet and PICTORIAL CROSSWORD QUSTION SHEET
or if you are pressed for time just download the SAMPLE QUESTION SHEET
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Full-size replica mummy of Ramesses III complete with glowing eyes, growling voice and
 twitching arm to electrify your students - part of the Exhibition to every school.
Click on the mummy’s head to view a series of photos showing the making of the mummy.
Click on the photo at right to view the mummy electronics.
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Some photographs for those of you who remember Ancient Times House . . .
The Ancient Times House theme song?. . . “I believe in yesterday. . . .”or should we say “down among the dead men”?
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Further Resources and other sites
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For schools outside my normal zone of operation near Melbourne, some of my lectures will soon be available ON-LINE. Click the icon at left for details. Initially this facility will be limited to Australian schools. My aim is that the lectures available will then be expanded and include a Virtual Archaeological Exhibition with
capability for students to view artefactual material and associated
questions for students to answer, with the remote teacher able to view the
student responses. A prototype of this exhibition is being setup as of
January 2011. Other downloadable resources planned include step-by-step presentations showing how to build some of my models available as free downloads.
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Looking for more incursions/excursions for your students? Click here
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ARCHIST runs a Medieval lecture and exhibition programme for students of all secondary levels. Click here to view ARCHIST’s website, access their materials and contact the manager Dr. Murray Adamthwaite (03) 9752 6848
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Free models of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World for FREE!: from Delta Seven Studios: the Great Pyramid, the Temple
of Artemis at Ephesus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Pharos
Lighthouse, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, and the Great Staue of Zeus. Each model is rotated for
download over the year.
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This wonderful site has hundreds of
FREE! cut-out armies from the ancient world to the present day,
 including the Sumerian troops to the right.
What better way to engage and inspire those otherwise
difficult boys in your history class?
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For FREE card 3D glasses try this link
To purchase commercial 3D card glasses in bulk click here
To buy plastic commercial 3D glasses try this link
To make your own 3D glasses click here to download your own template & instructions
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Are you a first year out teacher? Book an Incursion and I will gladly supply you with some free archaeological replicas and a resources CD to help you on your way.
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I
have been fascinated by Space Flight ever since I
saw the surface of the moon from the Surveyor
photos I followed the Apollo missions and read
all I could on space and rocketry. As a result I am
able to offer a series of new illustrated lectures on the history of spaceflight with 3D views of the early space programme. Models of spacecraft constructed from light card are available on the web providing science teachers with all the materials required for an integrated unit of student work on the topic. For full details of topics available contact me. Charge for a 40-45 minute lecture is $6/student. I am slowly building models of various spacecraft from the net. Contact me to request a free course outline for use with your students including links to websites to download models at no charge.Image at left: the LK the Russian single-crewed lunar lander (never used due to the failure of the Russian N-1 booster)
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In addition to
the above I am a member of two internet spacemodel
designer groups which produce various models for
commercial sale. My first offering is a scale model
of Mariner 2 (model at left) the first spacecraft to reach Venus. This model will soon be available at reasonable cost.
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What do I think about the Global Warming issue?
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VIT REGISTATION & POLICE CHECK
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Ancient Times House
and its exhibition was closed in 1999.
ARCHAEO-PRO is the successor to
Ancient Times House
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Garry R Stone, B.App.Sci (Physics)., Dip.Ed., M.A.
Manager, ARCHAEO-PRO
Former Manager ANCIENT TIMES HOUSE,
VIT # 203173
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