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TASK
Choose an aspect of Anglo-Saxon life from the Resource list
below. Research it. Compile information and transform it into a
Poster. Your Poster will teach four major ideas about your subject
and include text and images from your research. Finally, you will
present your Poster to the class and elaborate on the main ideas.
This research will help us understand the Anglo-Saxon and
Medieval era and give us a context in which to study "Beowulf,"
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and various other works of
literature.
The posters will be posted in the hallway, providing a constant
source of reference throughout the unit.
RESOURCES
Your group will cover one of these categories in depth.
How Do We Know?
Food
Viking Ships
Beowulf Poem
Games
Anglo-Saxon Warfare:
Weapons and Armor
Anglo-Saxon Military
Organization
Anglo-Saxon Social
Organization
Anglo-Saxon Religion 1
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PROCESS
Step One: Read How Do We Know? and the Beowulf Poem links
(found in the Resource boxes above) to get background for our
quest.
Step Two: You and your partner will be given a category (one of
the boxes in the resource list) to explore. Scan through the
information and make a list of your initial impressions. Within
your category, narrow the information down to four major ideas
you wish to teach to the class. Take notes on those four points.
Step Three: Choose then create significant images and prepare
text to be included in the poster.
CONCLUSION
Wow! What a journey. What advancement since the Anglo-Saxon
era do you think they would have most appreciated? This
WebQuest showed you how the early English and Gaelic people
lived. From them, Anglo-Americans have adapted language and
customs. The reason we go back in time to read early literature is
to understand our predecessors -- and therefore ourselves. British
literature will teach us the origin of our language, for some our
ancestry, and for all our superstitions.
When your classmates give their presentations, be sure to listen for
answers to these three questions:
1. What elements of the Anglo-Saxon era illustrate the cultures
philosophies of life?
2. In what ways are Anglo-Saxons similar to American culture
today?