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CLICK HERE TO VIEW Newspaper clippings of programmes in various schools
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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 presentations make learning about ancient
civilizations fun. New displays are usually added every year (53 planned). ARCHAEO-PRO conducts educational incursions to schools in Victoria, primarily for year 7/8 students, although other year levels can be accomodated.
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Incursions are usually limited to the Metropolitan area and environs of Melbourne
(including Geelong and Ballarat) but please phone me as I may be able to arrange a combined incursion with other schools in your area.
Programme: One and a half hours: approx. 35-40 minutes Power-point 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 if you wish.
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Each Power-point presentation includes animations, video clips, & sounds*. The Travelling Exhibition consists of well-laid-out interesting showcases of replicas & some original archaeological material, integrated with written questions or crossword for students, as well as discussion material for later use by teachers in class.
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW Newspaper clippings of programmes in various schools
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Lecture 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 Charges: $350 for ONE lecture and exhibition on the day: $400 for TWO lectures on the day; $500 for 3 lectures on the day.
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CLICK HERE for an INFORMATION KIT which includes a List OF ALL LECTURE TOPICS AVAILABLE with Description of contents, DETAILS OF MY REQUIREMENTS
etc. or E-MAIL ME at
 or phone me on 03 9754 7376 or 0410 508 651. To download the Master Question Sheet used for the Travelling Exhibition at
your school CLICK HERE
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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 in Hand-held or Winged forms and Printing and Assembly Instructions. There is no extra charge for the 3D option.
To purchase commercial 3D red/blue-green ANAGLYPH cardboard glasses in bulk or for commercial plastic 3D ANAGLYPH
glasses try this link
To purchase commercial card 3D glasses in bulk click here
To buy plastic commercial plastic 3D glasses try this link
To make your own 3D glasses click here to download your own Hand-held or Winged & instructions
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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
Please do not e-mail me to book programmes as the booking diary may change from hour to hour and
your booking slot taken before you read my reply
*I take full responsibility for the. . . err. . . low intellectual level of the mummy and other jokes in all my presentations!
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CUT THE WAFFLE!!*
CLICK here to see the steps to book an INCURSION to YOUR school
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* For those unfamiliar with Aussie parlance, this means: “Cut to the chase”, “Get on with it” etc.
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What Victorian teachers have said about the Programme . . .
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“A
fascinating exhibition. Year 7
students were very interested
and engaged looking at all the
showcases and talking to Garry.
The mummy exhibit was a
favourite. Garry Stone runs a
very organised and professional
incursion, supplying slides,
question (and answer) sheets
for students to
complete.
His incursion
definitely added to our study
of Ancient Egypt.”
Sue Caleo Cheltenham Secondary College, May 2015
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“The
students found the presentation
and the travelling museum very
engaging and it helped them
greatly with a deeper
understanding of the Ancient
World. Garry has put a lot of
time, energy and passion into
creating a worthwhile incursion
for our students.”
Andrew Lawrence, Yarra Valley Grammar, November 2015
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“Parkdale
Secondary College has engaged
Garry for the past few years in
our junior history programme
presenting on Ancient Cultures.
His presentations have been
engaging and interesting to our
students. He has catered for
all levels, demonstrating
knowledge of regions studied as
a speaker and producing
interesting hands- on exhibits
with accompanying worksheets.
We have found his programme to
be educational and a worthwhile
incursion as part of our
studies and have continued to
use his expertise and knowledge
within our junior history
curriculum”
Christine Braybrooke
, Parkdale Secondary College, Feb 2016
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Garry
presented the history Expo with
energy and enthusiasm, this
passed along to our students
who were engaged in the
exhibition and interested in
the information during the
lecture. They learnt about some
interesting details about the
Beginnings of Civilisations and
were curious about the
artefacts in the exhibition.
Leisha Jungawallah, Glen Waverley Secondary College, October 2015
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“Garry
has an entertaining yet
informative approach to his
archaeology presentation,
made all the more relevant by
the recounting of his
experiences on actual
archaeological digs. His
impressive collection of
ancient artefacts
(replica and genuine)
fascinates the students, and
Garry has a story for just
about every item.”
John Arbuckle: St. Leonard’s College. August 2013
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 Teachers booking ARCHAEO-PRO incursions are given a FREE CD ROM of all the Models, Clip art,
Virtual Museum, Colour photos, Work Sheets, and Games listed below. with lists of web URLs for other
models, including the How to Write Cuneiform booklet which. I add to this disc every few months.
Descriptions of some of these resource materials on the CD ROM are given below.
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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, a cluster of houses from the Neolithic town of Catal Huyuk, a lovely little model of the gilded throne of Tutankhamun (colour only) and the Outer Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun. Most printable in B&W for student painting or in colour for final print. Tutankamun’s Throne and Tutankhamun’s Golden Shrine produce spectacular models if printed on Chrome metal-coated light card available from your newsagent (in Australia). To do this you should possess a straight-through pass printer and coat the card first to receive the water-based ink used by desktop ink-jet printers.
Click here
for instructions as how to do this
. FREE on the CD ROM for
non-commercial use for teachers
booking incursions or use the
links to purchase.
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Our Activity Sheets Hunefer #1 & Hunefer #2 are line drawn facsimiles of Egyptian papyri to colour in,
hieroglyphs to trace and simple questions to answer. These are pitched at early high school level. Colour
coded for colouring/painting, they include hieroglyphs to trace, historical information, names of all the
gods 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
Clip art Images FREE for non-commercial use for teachers booking incursions. These
line drawings of artefacts,
places, gods, & maps of
ancient Egypt,
Mesopotamia, 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 here for the teacher & student. FREE for non-commercial use for teachers booking programmes. Some are available FREE via this link.
BOOK PUBLISHERS
note that
hundreds of
slide images are available for sale at very reasonable rates. These will be databased progressively (there are at least 5000 of them!) and will be available at low prices.
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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 and students in remote areas.
For non-commercial use only.
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The
‘How to Write Cuneiform’ booklet shows students (fully illustrated 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 ON THE COMPLIMENTARY CD ROM Also
available for sale by download. Price: c. AU $3
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ARCHAEO-PRO’s
Newsletter provides latest
items of archaeological
news, 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 here:
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Not sure what to do with that history 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 (simulation games of ancient battles) for advanced learners allow students to print off maps
and counters for map simulations of the Battle of Rapha and the Battle of Pharsalus . FREE on the CD
ROM for non-commercial use for teachers booking incursions. See also Quizzes and Crosswords below.
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Quizzes
for class or individual
student review are planned
for each presentation
topic. These are mostly
PowerPoint-based for data
projection. These are on
the complimentary CD given
to teachers who book
incursions.
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Currently
available:
Tutankhamun’s
tomb
Pompeii
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Download free crosswords and print them off for use in your class! Crosswords for various ancient
civilizations here.
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Teachers click here for the MASTER QUESTION SHEET (PDF and WORD), and PICTORIAL
EXHIBITION CROSSWORD QUESTION Sheet (PDF ONLY) or if you are pressed for time just
download the SAMPLE QUESTION SHEET (PDF and WORD)
Teachers click here for the TEACHERS’ CHEAT SHEET (PDF and WORD) answers to all the
questions of the MASTER QUESTION SHEET.
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For WORD versions of the Master Question Sheet and Teacher Cheat Sheet suitable for students’ iPads See
above.
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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. Unfortunately the mummy is unwell and requires extensive surgery. So until the operation can be performed he is “in hospital.” and unable to visit schools. Poor
old Ramesses!
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For schools outside my normal zone of operation near Melbourne, some
of my lectures will
soon be available in
down-loadable form for
a small charge.
Click the icon at left
for details. 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
remote teachers able to
view the student
responses. . . . Other
down-loadable resources
planned include
step-by-step
presentations showing
how to build some of my
models available as
free downloads
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Further Resources and other sites
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HATS Productions is
an educational
enterprise teaching
children about
inspirational people
who have made a
positive contribution
to Australian history and
whose attributes make
them worthy role models
for today’s
students. The
presentations are
suitable for middle
primary to junior
secondary students:
they are a blend
of storytelling, role
play, and students
acting the story as it
is narrated.
HATS Productions has been developed by John Arbuckle who
is a Secondary
History and Religious
Education teacher with
20 years’
experience. To contact
John phone: 0402 003 664
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Looking for more incursions/excursions for your students? Click here
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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
Statue of Zeus. Each
model is rotated for
alternate free download
from the site
over twelve
months.
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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 soldiers to the right.
What
better way to engage
and inspire those
otherwise difficult
boys in your history
class?
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Are you a first year out teacher? Book an Incursion and I will gladly supply you with some no-obligation, free archaeological replicas and a resources CD to help you on your way in your new profession!
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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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VIT REGISTRATION
# 203173
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Ancient Times House and its exhibition was closed in 1999.
ARCHAEO-PRO
is the successor
to
Ancient Times
House
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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