EDST 498Q Teaching Medieval Armour
9:00 - 12:00 Instructor: Blane Després and Dan Hurd
Designed to help technology education teachers in the start up and delivery of a medieval armouring class. Of interest to teachers wanting to incorporate student driven projects involving armouring to motivate students in metal work courses. Topics included are: specialized tooling, setting up and optimizing shop space, sourcing supplies, gaining board approved status and promotion. Includes techniques in chain maille, plate armour manufacture, leather work and forge work. All curriculum and plans to run a course such as this will be provided.
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Dan's Links
Contact info:
Email:
Address:
Dan Hurd
6067 Siegrist Rd.
PeACHLAND, B.C.
V0H 1X4
Phone Number:
(250) 767 0164
Instructor: Blane Després
Blane Després has taught most subjects at all levels of a K-12
school, including FSL (main focus) and French Immersion, gifted, drafting,
automotive and woodworking, and at a storefront school in Surrey. He has
been designing and building houses since 1982. He has a MA (alternative
education) and PhD (business and education partnerships) in curriculum
and instruction. Part of his work assignment at UBC Okanagan includes
instructing the Trades Technology Education curriculum and methodologies
courses.
Instructor: Dan Hurd
Dan Hurd has been teaching metalwork at the high school level for the
last 11 years. In addition, he has taught post secondary courses for teachers
and has presented at workshops throughout the last 7 years. Over the course
of his career Dan has incorporated historical elements and artistic design
into his teaching and, as a result, has produced innovative course offerings.
In addition to traditional metalwork, students at his school learn how
to make chain maille, plate maille and other armour using traditional
and modern methods in his Medieval Armouring course. Students also learn
the intracies of artistic metalwork and jewelry making in his art metal
course. Currently, his students are designing and making RVs in his newest
course offering. Dan's teaching continues to evolve, melding elements
of the past with the newest that technology and trends have to offer.
Course Material Package
If you are interested in acquiring the course materials for this class. Please contact Danhurd@silk.net or click on the following link. The course material package consists of:
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- Project plans (step by step instructions) for each of the projects - Course outlines for offering this course in a high school - Course descriptions for a high school course selection book - BAA (Board Authority Authorization) documents for getting school board approval as a credited course. - Course timeline - Lesson plans - Material List including suppliers
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Course Introduction Videos
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Medieval Armour Project Overview
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If you don't have any of these tools, don't worry. We can find a way to work around any missing tools.
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If you don't have these materials, or can't get them, we can find substitutes for everything.
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On the top left of each page is links to the lessons for each day of the course.
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