Courses, Events, Teaching Aids
UNIVERSITY OF KENT - PART-TIME COURSES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
The University of Kent will be offering a wide range of part-time courses in archaeology within its Combined Studies Programme for mature students starting in September and October. Courses on the Celts, the Romans, the Middle Ages, the archaeology of Kent, Ancient Egypt, archaeological technique, and standing buildings will be held variously in Ashford, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Chatham, Dartford, Faversham, Folkestone, Maidstone, Sittingbourne, and Tonbridge. Anyone can join these courses; no prior educational qualifications are necessary.
Some places also remain on the University’s part-time Certificate in Archaeological Studies (at Canterbury this year) and its Diploma in Archaeological Studies (at Tonbridge this year). These programmes can lead to a degree in archaeological studies through part-time study. Admission is via an informal interview.
For further information, please contact the Unit for Part-time Study, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NP.
Tel: 01227 823507. Email: part-time@ukc.ac.uk.
CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CANTERBURY
Certificate Courses:
Contact Admissions Department, Christ Church University College, North Holmes Road, Canterbury. Phone: 01227 767700.
Romano-British Studies: Saturdays 10 am to noon, 9 October for 20 weeks plus field trips.
Surveying (basic): Sundays 10 am to 1 pm, 3 October for 6 weeks.
Surveying (intermediate): Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm, 29 April 2000 for 6 weeks.
Surveying (basic): Sundays 10 am to 1 pm, 30 April 2000 for 6 weeks.
Non-certificate courses and walks:
Contact: Department of Continuing Education, Christ Church University College, North Holmes Road, Canterbury.
Phone: 01227 767700.
Local Archaeology: Wednesdays 7–9 pm, 13 October for 10 weeks.
Church and Castle in Medieval England: Wednesday 7–9 pm, 19 January for 10 weeks.
Town and Country in Medieval England: Wednesday 7–9 pm, 19 April for 10 weeks.
All of the walks listed below are several miles in length with occasional steep slopes. Walking boots or shoes (previously ‘broken in’), wet weather gear, and packed lunch are all advised. We travel in our shared cars to the venue. Please book early.
‘Fight the Flab’: 26 December 1999, a circular Boxing Day walk from Wye to Crundale church along muddy footpaths.
Stone Circles and Barrows: 26 March 2000 (Sunday), an annual circular walk around the Neolithic Bronze Age monuments of the Avebury area.
Two Sussex Hill Forts: 16 April 2000 (Sunday), a circular walk including the Iron Age hill forts of Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings enjoying the South Downs along the way.
The Vale of the White Horse: 11 June 2000 (Sunday), a circular walk along the Berkshire Ridgeway visiting the Uffington White Horse and Iron Age Hill Fort and the Neolithic long barrow of Wayland’s Smithy.
WORKERS EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION COURSES
Contact: WEA Field Office S.E. Region, 4 Castle Hill, Rochester. Phone 01634 842140.
Dover: The Dark Ages: Thursdays 7 to 9 pm, 23 September for 10 weeks.
Gravesend: The Dark Ages: Thursday 7.30–9.30 pm, starting January 2000 for 10 weeks.
Sevenoaks: Local Archaeology: Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm, 29 September for 10 weeks.
LOCAL EDUCATION CENTRE COURSES
Medway: Contact Medway Adult Education Centre, Eastgate, Rochester. Phone 01634 845359.
The Age of Arthur: Tuesdays 1–3 pm, 21 September for 10 weeks.
‘1066 and all that’: Tuesdays 1–3 pm, 11 January 2000 for 10 weeks.
GCSE Archaeology: Tuesdays 7–9 pm, 21 September to June 2000.
A Level Medieval History: Fridays 7–9 pm, 25 September to June 2000.
Canterbury: Contact Adult Studies Centre, St. John’s Place, Canterbury. Phone 01227 451017.
The Dark Ages: Mondays 7–9 pm, 20 September for 10 weeks.
‘1066 and all that’: Mondays 7–9 pm, 10 January for 10 weeks.
ORPINGTON & DISTRICT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Excavations at Scadbury Moated Manor, Chislehurst
On Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September, the archaeological excavations at the medieval moated manor site at Scadbury will be open to the public. Members of the Orpington and District Archaeological Society (ODAS) will give guided tours, showing the work that is currently being carried out on the site as well as the remains of the foundations of the buildings associated with the Walsingham family and unlike many similar moated sites, the island is still completely surrounded by water.
Guided tours will be given at 15-minute intervals throughout both afternoons, the first at 2.00 pm and the last at 4.30 pm. There will also be a photographic display, refreshments, and a bookstall.
Admission is free. Limited car parking space is available close to the site, by ticket only, for which application should be made (enclosing a s.a.e. and stating for which day required) to:
Mr. M Meekums
Essex County Council Field Archaeological Unit is again offering a Field School including lectures, at its Cressing Temple Site this August. Each course lasts a week and costs £100. The site is that of a Medieval, moated farmhouse with Late Iron Age and late Roman evidence also. It is located about 3 miles north of Witham on the main road to Braintree (B1018). B&B accommodation is available nearby as are camping facilities. The lower (unaccompanied) age limit is 16. For further information contact:
Mark Atkinson, Field Archaeology Unit, Essex County Council
SPECIAL OFFER FOR SCHOOL TEACHER MEMBERS IN KENT
Are you a working school teacher in the county of Kent? Are you or is your school a current member of Kent Archaeological Society? If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’, then you are entitled to receive two recently published educational resources, completely free of charge. Both publications are products of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust / Kent Archaeological Society / Kent County Council joint Archaeological Service, managed by Canterbury Archaeological Trust.
Both resources are designed to help you meet the needs of the National Curriculum and beyond. Information is presented in a user-friendly way allowing you to ‘dip’ into particular aspects which will be of interest to you.
Roman and Anglo-Saxon Canterbury Reconstructed (normally retailing at £8.75)
This versatile teaching pack (published in 1998) can support a wide range of teaching programmes in the National Curriculum (Key Stages 1, 2, and 3) at GCSE and at A level in History, Geography and Archaeology. It draws on a wealth of primary evidence excavated by archaeologists working in the city since the 1940s. So you can develop your personal knowledge with confidence! For those wanting to learn more, a bibliography is included for all references used in the writing of the pack.Included in the pack are:
Two quality coloured reconstruction prints of the centre of Canterbury in Roman and Anglo-Saxon times, for work with individuals, groups, or classes (1 of each period, A4, laminated). These form the focus for the pack.
Background notes which set the scene in pre-Roman times, trace the growth of the Roman town to its eventual decline, portray the dominant Germanic and Anglo-Saxon settlement of the 6th and 7th centuries and finish with a summary of developments up to the Norman Conquest (AD 1066).
Ideas for ways to use the reconstructions in a teaching environment and in tandem with other resources. They can be used in literacy, history units, and in a cross-curricular fashion at Key Stages 1 and 2. Use them as stimulating images for work in:
Local History.
Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Studies.
White figures which supplement the reconstruction drawings and illustrate further aspects of Roman and Anglo-Saxon life.
Discovering Archaeology in National Curriculum History, Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 (normally retailing at £3.00)
This useful booklet (first published in 1997) presents a range of useful information and ideas for activities which it contains sections on:Archaeology past and present.
How archaeology can help children to learn.
What archaeologists do on an excavation and finds processing after the dig.
Archaeology in the classroom.
Roman visits in Kent.
How to find out more through books, local and national contacts.
If you meet the conditions required to receive free copies of both these resources you should make a written request to: Marion Green.
Please state your full name and address (as listed in the Archaeologia Cantiana members list) and the name, address, and type of school (e.g. primary, secondary, etc.) where you teach. This is limited to one copy of each publication per school.
Marion Green