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Secondary School Experiences

Explore Hellenic Museum workshops and tours designed for students in Secondary Years 7–10, in line with the Victorian Curriculum F–10.

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Ancient Board Games: In the Minds of the Ancients

Students play ancient Greek, Egyptian and Chinese board games to discover what they reveal about ancient societies’ values, rituals and practices.

Ancient Cultures: Greece and Rome

Students explore the cultural, political and economic intersection between Greece and Rome. Engaging with artefacts, students investigate the inheritance, power and limitations of the Western world.

Living Latin

Discover how rich and alive the Latin language truly is, with a flexible and engaging workshop spanning spoken language, palaeography and music.

Vital Vases: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Ceramics

Students handle vases to discover what ceramics reveal about ancient Greek life, explore pottery styles and decode vase paintings.

Blood, Sweat and Spears: Ancient Warfare

Students handle ancient armour to learn about Greek warfare and create an ancient shield to re-enact the famous Phalanx formation.

Ancient Cultures: Egypt and Greece

From sarcophagi to pottery, students engage with museum artefacts to explore ancient Egypt’s military, bureaucratic and cultural power and its influence on ancient Greece.

From the Mists of Time: Appearance, Progress and Fall of Civilisations

Students explore the origins, development and fall of civilisations, and how civilisation has been conceptualised by different historical perspectives.

A Woman's World: Gender, Sexuality & Status

Students engage with artefacts to explore the status, role, and experiences of women in ancient Greece and their representation in art, literature and history.

Discovering Daily Life in Ancient Greece

Students explore key features of life in ancient Greece such as mythology, the poleis, governance, civics, warfare, intercultural connections, trade, sickness and death.

Historia: Discover the Methods of Historians Through Time

Students investigate the origin of history as a field, how historical thinking has developed over time, and interrogate the historical and archaeological record.

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