{"id":10005,"date":"2019-12-16T20:59:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2019-12-16T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T21:00:22","slug":"history-111-students-bring-history-alive-with-trebuchet-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2019\/12\/history-111-students-bring-history-alive-with-trebuchet-project\/","title":{"rendered":"History 111 Students Bring History Alive with Trebuchet Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each semester, Nash Community College Instructor Chris Kent&#8217;s History 111 students to choose a history project to complete. After discussing ancient warfare from prehistory to around 1600 AD the class chose the trebuchet, arguably the most advanced siege weapon from the ancient world.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Not only by building a trebuchet are we studying history, but we are also living it. We are bringing history alive,&#8221; said Kent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_14.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_14-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_14-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unlike a typical catapult that uses tension, the trebuchet uses counterweight and a sling to throw projectiles. Students saw the complexity of the device through both constructing it and solving projectile equations. The class also used a trebuchet simulator in preparation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_21.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_21-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/History-111-Trebuchet-Launch-Chris-Kent20191216_21-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trebuchet proved to be functional and with a few adjustments to initial calculations, projectiles were launched across the college&#8217;s public safety training field.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashcc.edu\/academics\">www.nashcc.edu\/academics<\/a> for more information about courses and programs offered at Nash Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each semester, Nash Community College Instructor Chris Kent&#8217;s History 111 students to choose a history project to complete. 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