Medieval Education staff are used to dealing with students at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of their courses of study. Our presenters will usually ask their audiences to give samples of what they have already studied, and tailor their presentations to this knowledge.

Most schools cover two or three different ancient societies, whereas our presentations vary between those concentrating on a single society, and those looking at the themes of ongoing development between several cultures.

However, schools that wish to prepare their students with a background that would be helpful to getting more out of the presentations, should consider some of the following:

Why did most early civilizations develop in warm, fertile river valleys?

What technological breakthroughs made certain civilizations dominant for their period?

How did they relate with neighbouring cultures, and what did they think of them?

Why did many of these cultures use slaves, and was there consistency in their reasons and needs?

What sort of things did various cultures use for trade, and what were they trading for (and why)?

Any of these concepts provide a good foundation to work with (though again, some schools use our programs right at the start as their foundation).

For those schools that have us visit near the end of their programs, it is sometimes possible to develop more complex themes:

Citizenship

Literacy

Polytheism versus Monotheism

Rest assured that almost any question or concept that a student contributes to our sessions will be welcomed and incorporated by our presenters.

If you have specific issues that you would like covered in our presentations, please contact our office prior to the presentation day.

PS: Special needs: if any student is likely to have specific difficulty participating in activities, or to respond significantly differently from standard expectations, please inform the presenter by the start of the relevant presentation. Such information will used for the comfort and educational participation of students in accordance with Victorian Privacy guidelines.

Schools are authorized to make copies of this form for their staff.

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