HST 290    2019 Class Schedule
Date Lecture/Discussion/Activity
 Assignment

Week 1  -  History Class at WCC
Tues (5/7)
 Lecture: Overview of Medieval English Political and Military History
Film: Secrets of the Castle: Why Build a Castle? 		Read Meigs, CH. 1-8
Wed (5/8)
 Lecture: Medieval Warfare
Film: Secrets of the Castle: Defending the Castle
Thurs (5/9)
 Lecture: Medieval Castles I: The Tower of London
Film: Secrets of the Castle: Inside the Castle
Fri (5/10)
 Lecture: Medieval Castles II: Dover and Conwy
Film: Secrets of the Castle: The Castle's Community of Skills

Sat (5/11)
 Work on take-home exam
Sun (5/12)
 Work on take-home exam
 Take-Home Exam Due

Week 2  -  Archaeology Class at WCC
Tues (5/14)
 ANT 164
Wed (5/15)
 ANT 164  [1:45 pm - Mandatory Pre-Trip Meeting (Lunch provided!)]
Thurs (5/16)
 ANT 164
Fri (5/17)
 ANT 164

Week 3  -  Preparation for travel and Departure for London
Sat-Tues
(5/18-5/21)
 Prepare for travel (Handbook)
Wed (5/22) Fly to London
Thurs (5/23)
 AM: Arrive in London           [Tube Map; Wombat's Hostel London]
PM: Free time in London      [Video: How to use your Oyster Card]  
                                                   [MAP: pharmacy/groceries near the hostel]
                                                   [MAP: some restaurants near the hostel]
Fri (5/24)
 All Day: Trip to Dover and Canterbury
  7:00 Breakfast
  8:00  Picked up in front of hostel by London Country Tours
  9:30  Canterbury Cathedral tour
  11:30  Lunch in Canterbury
  1:30  Dover Castle
  5:00  White Cliffs of Dover
 Dover Castle
Scavenger Hunt
Sat (5/25)
 AM: Walking Tour of Westminster Area [MAP]
  8:00 Breakfast
  9:00 Depart hostel
  9:30 Arrive at Westminster
 PM: Free time in London		 Westminster Area
Scavenger Hunt

*** You have free time in London on 4 afternoons and all day Monday.  Use it wisely! ***
Free
 Not Free (£5-25)
 Globe Theater Schedule for our free times
**British Museum Globe Theater
 The Merry Wives of Windsor
National Gallery Westminster Abbey     Thursday 23 May, 7:30pm
Tate Modern Hampton Court
     Saturday, 25 May, 7:30pm
Victoria and Albert Museum        
London Eye
     Monday, 27 May, 7:30pm
National Portrait Gallery
 Royal Observatory
 Henry IV, Part 1
Museum of London
 Darwin's House
     Wednesday, 29 May, 2:00pm
National Maritime Museum
 St. Paul's Cathedral
 Henry IV, Part 2
Imperial War Museum
 Kensington Palace
     Wednesday, 29 May, 7:30pm
British Library
 Kew Gardens
 Henry V
Guildhall Art Gallery and
   Roman Amphitheater
 Palace of Westminster
   (Houses of Parliament)       
    Sunday, 26 May, 1:00pm, 7:30pm
Globe Theater Guided Tour

Tower Bridge
     Monday, 27 May, 9:00am

Windsor Castle
**The British Museum has
FREE afternoon tours of
many of its galleries! 		Churchill War Rooms
Madame Tussauds
Jack the Ripper Museum
Week 4  -  Historical Sites and Museums
Sun (5/26)
 AM: Tower of London [MAP]
  8:30  Breakfast
  9:30  Depart hostel
  10:00  Tower of London
PM: Free time in London		 Tower of London
Scavenger Hunt
Mon (5/27)
 All Day: Free time in London
 British Museum
Scavenger Hunt
Tues (5/28)
 All Day: Trip to Stonehenge, Salisbury and Old Sarum
  6:30  Breakfast
  7:30  Picked up in front of hostel by London Country Tours
  9:30  Salisbury Cathedral tour
  11:00  Lunch in Salisbury
  1:00  Old Sarum (Iron Age hill fort and Norman Castle)
  2:30  Stonehenge 
    (download the Stonehenge Audio Guide on your phone
      and take earbuds with you!)
Wed (5/29)
 AM: Tour of the Museum of London Archaeological Archives
  8:15  Breakfast
  9:15  Depart hostel
  10:00  Museum of London Archaeological Archives
PM: Free time in London
Thurs (5/30)
 AM: Train to Conwy                    [YHA Hostel Conwy]
  8:00  Breakfast                              [MAP: train station to hostel]
  9:00  Depart hostel
  10:40-12:10  Train: London Euston-Crewe
  12:47-1:08 Train: Crewe-Chester
  1:24-2:16  Train: Chester-Conwy
PM: Free time in Conwy          
Conwy Castle
Scavenger Hunt
Fri (5/31)
 AM: Conwy Castle
  8:00  Breakfast
  9:00  Depart hostel
  9:30  Conwy Castle
PM: Free time in Conwy
 Journal entry review
Sat (6/1)
 AM: Train to York                      [Safestay Hostel York]
  7:30  Breakfast                           [MAP: train station to hostel]
  8:30  Depart hostel
  9:19-10:15  Train: Conwy-Chester
  10:23-11:18  Train: Chester-Manchester
  11:32-12:19  Train: Manchester-Leeds
  12:41-1:08  Train:  Leeds-York
PM: Free time in York             
     **Champions League Final!!  Liverpool v. Tottenham

Week 5  -  Archaeological Excavation at Vindolanda
Sun (6/2)
 AM: Jorvik Viking Center
PM: Train to Bardon Mill; Minibus to Vindolanda (cost: £4)
  8:30  Breakfast
  9:30  Depart hostel
  10:00  Jorvik Viking Centre
  12:15  Return to hostel to collect luggage
  12:45  Depart hostel
  1:37-2:35  Train: York-Newcastle
  2:55-3:50  Train: Newcastle-Bardon Mill
  3:50-4:00  Minibus to Vindolanda
Mon-Fri (6/3-6/7)
 Archaeological excavation at Vindolanda
 Journal entry review
(Wed, 6/5)
Sat (6/8)
 All Day: Free time at Vindolanda    [MAP: a hike of Hadrian's Wall]

Week 6  -  Archaeological Excavation at Vindolanda
Sun (6/9)
 All Day: Free time at Vindolanda
Mon-Thurs (6/10-6/13)
 Archaeological excavation at Vindolanda
Fri 6/14
 AM: Finish up excavation work at Vindolanda
PM: Minibus to Bardon Mill; Train to Edinburgh
  5:00  Minibus to Bardon Mill
  5:37-6:16  Train: Bardon Mill-Carlisle
  7:05-8:25  Train: Carlisle-Edinburgh
Sat (6/15)
 AM: Edinburgh Castle                    [Budget Backpackers Hostel]
  8:00  Breakfast                                 [MAP: train station to hostel]
  9:00  Depart hostel
  9:30  Edinburgh Castle
PM: Free time in Edinburgh       


Sun (6/16)
 Depart for US  [MAP: Hostel to Airlink Bus stop (cost to airport: £4.50)]


Sun (7/7)
Paper Due