History subject in secondary schools faces a number of challenges which may affect the efficiency of student learning outcomes. Several factors which influence such condition are the idea that history is less important than other subjects, lack of employing attractive educational methods and instruments, as well as limited facilities and learning resources in schools. An important aspect that needs to be reconsidered is the use of history-learning instrument beyond a classroom. This research explores the use of the archaeological site of Sangiran as a pre-literacy learning tool for junior high school students. This is a quantitative study which was carried out by a survey that involves the 10th grade high school students as research subjects. Sixty four students were divided into two groups, i.e. an experimental class consisting students who have visited the Sangiran site, and a control class of those who have not. The analysis indicates (sig 2 tailed) was 0.00 in the paired sample t test. Sig 0.00 is smaller than sig 0.05 (sig 2 tailed
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