Quarter(s): 3

Day(s): Tue

Open Spots: 3

As the 100 Years' War devastated the common people of France, a woman was born who took to the field and rallied the nearly defeated French armies to resist the English. Joan, the Maid of Orleans, was inspired by visions from angels to drive out the invaders and see the rightful heir on the French throne. Once captured in battle by the English, she was put on trial for heresy and executed by a corrupt court. This would serve only to martyr her, and the English would ultimately fail to conquer France. Using artistic model-making techniques, hand tools, and historical records, students will create a 10" X 14" diorama board of a 100 Years War battle Joan participated in and populate it with 1:72 scale invading armies and their adversaries for historical re-enactments. Once individual projects are constructed, students will combine their dioramas alongside those of their classmates to approximate a larger battlefield terrain. Students will spend the remainder of the quarter learning about the tactics and outcomes of the conquest while playing a table-top strategy game. Student strategists will use a custom wargaming rule system for moving troops and siege equipment. Along with their classmates, students will see how battles progressed and test different scenarios that might have occurred with different battlefield choices. Course documents such as maps, game rules and all other instructional media will be available via a Google Drive link which will be emailed to parents. Topics in this series include: King Arthur (Quarter 1), 1001 Arabian Nights (Quarter 2), Joan of Arc (Quarter 3), William Wallace and the Scottish Uprising (Quarter 4). There is a $25.00 materials fee payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

Quarter(s): 3

Day(s): Tue

Open Spots: 1

In the year 1066, the last successful invasion of the British Isles would begin. The Saxons, who were themselves invaders centuries before, would be supplanted by ancestors of the Vikings, the Normans. These Vikings had settled in France 100 years earlier on land gifted to them by the Frankish King, in order to end their Viking ways and the threat they posed to Paris. For most of that 100 years, these Normans fought among themselves, until Duke William the Bastard unified them and with the Pope s permission, took the combined Norman force across the channel to carve out a brand new kingdom. Beset by enemies on all sides, the exhausted Saxon English stood little chance against the thundering Norman Knights, and in 1066 at the battle of Hastings, Norman conquest was finalized when Poor King Harry of the Saxons took and arrow to the eye and died. In the following decades William, no longer a Duke and a Bastard but now a King and a Conqueror. This class will focus on the society of feudal England, the medieval knight, as well as William's battles of the conquest. Students will craft diorama from the battle of Hastings, Fulford, or Stamford Bridge. Using artistic model-making techniques, hand tools, and historical maps, students will create a 12 X 18 diorama board, and populate it with dozens of 1:72 scale Carolingian knights for historical re-enactments. Once individual projects are constructed, students will combine their dioramas alongside those of their classmates to approximate a larger battlefield terrain. Students will spend the remainder of the quarter learning about the tactics and outcomes of the military engagement while playing a table-top strategy game. Student strategists will use a simplified version of the Fire and Fury historical war gaming rule system for moving troops and equipment. Along with their classmates, students will see how battles progressed and test different outcome scenarios that might have occurred with different battlefield choices. Course documents, such as period maps, game rules and all other instructional media will be available via a Google Drive link which will be emailed to parents. There is a $25.00 supply fee due payable to the instructor on/before the start of classes. Topics in this series include: Viking Invastions (Quarter 1), Charlemagne, Rebuilding an Empire (Quarter 2), William the Conqueror 1066 (Quarter 3), Saladin and the Crusaders (Quarter 4).