Secondary School Education Program Topics

Particular emphasis is placed on Stages 4-5 and Stage 6 syllabuses, especially Ancient History, Languages, Biology, Aboriginal Studies and Visual Arts. Remember it is possible to combine visits to various museums and focus on various topics across the collections. Students are given hands-on exercises and other activities, and worksheets are available upon request.

The Nicholson Museum

• An introduction to Ancient History and Archaeology
• Archaeological Methods and Techniques
• Life On A Dig
• Egypt
• Greece
• Rome
• The Ancient Near East
• The Celts
• Pompeii and Herculaneum
• Troy
• Mummification
• Imperial Rome
• Classical Athens and Sparta
• Bronze Age Crete and Greece
• Death & Burial in Ancient Egypt
• Writing In the Ancient World
• Soldiers in Antiquity
• Latin

The Macleay Museum

• Biology
• Aboriginal Studies
• Collecting the Natural World
• Insects
• Faunal Remains
• Evolution
• Anthropology
• Indigenous Australian Culture
• The South Pacific and Its Culture
• Stone Tools
• Prehistory
• The History of Scientific Development
• Scientific Instruments
• History Through Photographs

University Art Gallery

• The Artist
• Visualising the World
• Portraiture
• The Landscape
• Australian Art: from Colonial to Contemporary
• Indigenous Art
• East Asian Art

Other topics

• General Tours of the University and its Grounds
• What is Life Like at University