History of Medieval England - Thursday 6th Period: Discussion 1: Introduction and Pre-history to 500

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon, class. Now I get to torture you all by making you all stand up and introduce yourselves to your classmates. This is because I'm sadistic want to get you used to the concept of talking during our discussion sessions. Please give your name and what one thing you'd like to find out in this class.

Your homework, due next Tuesday but to be posted in this post is to pick a topic from the once-optional-now-mandatory reading list I gave you on Prehistoric Britain and Roman Britain and give me ETA a minimum of one hundred Wikipedia words on it. Got it? Good.

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Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker clearly didn't read this part carefully, so she goes back to the print-outs she made to check. "Damn, you're right. And I knew the Druids were into trees, I should have realized they wouldn't want a stone temple." She frowned. "It's so annoying that they didn't leave any writing of, 'hi, we're the Beaker People, we built this during the flood after the great fire after the plague, mostly to tell Dana Earth Mother not to mess with us so much.' Or something similar."

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth snickered. "Well, Stonehenge isn't the only henge around there; it's just the most well known. And technically, is the bank and ditch part of it, because the standing stones came after. But there's Woodhenge, and Avebury is a henge as well."

She grinned. "I think we'd get a much better handle on the situation if we actually visited these places. Don't you agree?" She winked at Parker.

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker grinned back at her. "You know, I think we would. I think that a class trip would do an immeasurable amount toward broadening our understanding of megalithic structures."

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"Excellent idea, Parker, Elizabeth. Are you two going to arrange it and buy the tickets?"

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. And it's a small place, so we'd certainly be able to do a variety of things. The British Museum in London would be great for the entire course."

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Actually, it's one of my Student Council platforms," Parker said, smiling sweetly. "Class Trip. Maybe we can raise enough for half the trip, and then get a discount. You'd know where to look for those, right?"

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Well, if I wasn't already voting for you," Elizabeth grinned. "We'd be working on group discounts, student rates...." She eyed her laptop, and glanced across at Dr. Pierson and eyed her laptop again.

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Wait. Who put up all the stones across the channel then?" Cameron is confused.

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"No idea. We should hit France, too," Parker said, face angelic.

Re: DISCUSSION 1: Medieval English History: Prehistory the British Isles

[lady-jessica-bg.livejournal.com]

Jessica adds, "Ignoring whether they had a written language or not, there are plenty of lesser known henges. I suspect their reason for building was so well known that they would have been surprised to find that we're absolutely mystified by them."