The Medieval period aka The Middle Ages, The Canterbury Tales,
Sir gawain, Arthur, and merlin
Chivalry and the Quest
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR Sir Gawain
*WHAT MAKES A TRUE HERO?
*HOW DO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EPIC HERO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE TIMES?
*CAN PEOPLE LIVE UP TO SOCIETY'S HIGH IDEALS?
*Does Chivalry Exist Today?
Merlin
The Death of Arthur - Audio
The Canterbury Tales - The Prologue and Pardoner's Tale
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Pardoner's Tale Assignment
Use the following link to open a Google Doc Assignment about the Pardoner's Tale. Be sure to make a copy and share it with me! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PwCRSjnYDMMf_x5Nq3qCWRFo93mT3sgjEYMP-dbT6Rk/edit?usp=sharing
THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE
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The Canterbury Tales and All about ME!
As we read the Canterbury Tales and see a portrait of England in the late 1300s, I want you to think about a portrait of America in the current 2000s. If Chaucer wrote today, what would he say about you? About us?
As a child, I was given a Dr. Seuss book called All About Me. I loved that book:) It let me complete a portrait, in words, of my life at that age. You are going to begin your own life portrait and will continue this work throughout our semester. We will start with high school!
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Stock Characters in High School
This is one my favorite stories. It involves one of King Arthur's Knight of the Round Table, Sir Gawain. Gawain happens to also be Arthur's nephew. He has appeared in more of the king Arthur tales than any other knight. In this one, he is the hero of the story. If, like me, you find this time period fascinating, feel free to look at the website listed below for more interesting information. http://gaukartifact.com/2013/04/02/quick-facts-about-the-middle-ages-in-the-british-isles/
To understand knighthood, we have to try to make sense of this crazy thing called CHIVALRY- the code by which knight and gentleladies lived their lives. Let's begin here:
To understand knighthood, we have to try to make sense of this crazy thing called CHIVALRY- the code by which knight and gentleladies lived their lives. Let's begin here:
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We have greatly romanticized the knight over the past 600-700 years. being a knight was not nearly as exciting as it seems to be in movies and stories. Read below for a more realistic account of knighthood.
"The Terrible Worm in an Iron Cocoon"
A Terrible Worm in an Iron Cocoon
If we hear the term “medieval period,” we inevitably think of knights and their magnificent suits of armor. During the early Middle Ages, armor consisted of a helmet, a shield, and a relatively flexible mail shirt, or hauberk, made of countless riveted or welded iron rings. With the crossbow, however, came the need for more protection, so the knight was forced to compromise flexibility and mobility for self-defense.
Held together by rivets, leather straps, hinges, turning pins, buckles, and pegs, a suit of armor replaced mail as the warrior’s chief protection. Knights wore a heavily padded undergarment of leather and a mail shirt under the armor, in addition to plate arm, leg, and foot pieces. Mail covered the neck, elbows, and other joints, and gauntlets constructed of linked plates covered the hands. Some suits of armor weighed 120 pounds and contained 200 custom fitted iron plates. The knight also carried a variety of weapons: lance, dagger, sword, battle-ax, and club-headed mace.
The threat of death in battle was bad enough, but the armor itself could also be fatal—causing death from suffocation, heart failure, even drowning. Battle during hot weather was particularly difficult. Since small slits in the helmet allowed only a limited line of vision and little ventilation, heatstroke—often deadly for the knight—was common. One anonymous poem describes the armored knight as “a terrible worm in an iron cocoon.”
Only aristocratic knights could afford the huge cost of armor, a war horse, packhorses, a mount to ride when not in battle, and servants. Because of the armor’s weight and the complex fittings required to piece it together, a knight couldn’t dress himself for battle. In fact, battles were usually scheduled to allow the warring knights time to be dressed. Servants stood by during battle in case the knight was unhorsed. An armored knight on his back was like an upside-down turtle trying to get on its feet. In this position, the knight was vulnerable to his adversary. If he fell into a shallow body of water, he could drown.
During the fifteenth century, the knight and his horse were considered invulnerable. But this role changed dramatically when the longbow and later the musket ball came into warfare. When his armor could no longer protect him in battle, the knight in shining armor became more of a courtier than a combatant. In the last years of their existence, knights participated in exhibitions rather than in warfare.
"The Terrible Worm in an Iron Cocoon"
A Terrible Worm in an Iron Cocoon
If we hear the term “medieval period,” we inevitably think of knights and their magnificent suits of armor. During the early Middle Ages, armor consisted of a helmet, a shield, and a relatively flexible mail shirt, or hauberk, made of countless riveted or welded iron rings. With the crossbow, however, came the need for more protection, so the knight was forced to compromise flexibility and mobility for self-defense.
Held together by rivets, leather straps, hinges, turning pins, buckles, and pegs, a suit of armor replaced mail as the warrior’s chief protection. Knights wore a heavily padded undergarment of leather and a mail shirt under the armor, in addition to plate arm, leg, and foot pieces. Mail covered the neck, elbows, and other joints, and gauntlets constructed of linked plates covered the hands. Some suits of armor weighed 120 pounds and contained 200 custom fitted iron plates. The knight also carried a variety of weapons: lance, dagger, sword, battle-ax, and club-headed mace.
The threat of death in battle was bad enough, but the armor itself could also be fatal—causing death from suffocation, heart failure, even drowning. Battle during hot weather was particularly difficult. Since small slits in the helmet allowed only a limited line of vision and little ventilation, heatstroke—often deadly for the knight—was common. One anonymous poem describes the armored knight as “a terrible worm in an iron cocoon.”
Only aristocratic knights could afford the huge cost of armor, a war horse, packhorses, a mount to ride when not in battle, and servants. Because of the armor’s weight and the complex fittings required to piece it together, a knight couldn’t dress himself for battle. In fact, battles were usually scheduled to allow the warring knights time to be dressed. Servants stood by during battle in case the knight was unhorsed. An armored knight on his back was like an upside-down turtle trying to get on its feet. In this position, the knight was vulnerable to his adversary. If he fell into a shallow body of water, he could drown.
During the fifteenth century, the knight and his horse were considered invulnerable. But this role changed dramatically when the longbow and later the musket ball came into warfare. When his armor could no longer protect him in battle, the knight in shining armor became more of a courtier than a combatant. In the last years of their existence, knights participated in exhibitions rather than in warfare.
The Quest!
Use the slide presentation below to refresh your memory on the aspects of the quest. Also, refresh your memory on archetypes.
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Here is a link to an award-winning animated version of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."Feel free to use it to help you refresh your memory on the quest and the story. Click here for the video.
Quest projects from the Dark Ages (No Computers in class! Yes, I saved these things. Yes, you, too, could one day be an example for future generations.)
The Quest project - directions
You have 3 choices for your Quest project. This will be our first project grade- make it a great one!
Assignment- Using ALL of the parts of the quest that we have learned, create a digital representation of a quest. This could be a Glogster, a Prezi, a Projeqt, Powtoon, or some other visual representation of the Quest. For this assignment, we will NOT be creating a POWERPOINT of GOOGLE SLIDE show. I want you to explore other presentation options. For the quest, you have 3 options- you may create a modern version of Gawain's Quest. This would entail creating or using a modern day scenario that has similar characteristics as the one we read, or you may choose to use a real historical figure who has been on a quest. Finally, you may choose to create a quest based on your own adventures in life. regardless of which you choose, you must demonstrate each aspect of the quest. Each aspect should have a title slide and the details should be explained. DO NOT use pictures from the Internet without proper citations! If you find pictures through a creative commons use site, indicate that. Remember, this is a MODERN DAY interpretation of the quest- you have some freedoms with aspects of the quest as long as you can justify your choices. .
Note that a Powerpoint or Google Slides is NOT an option this time. There are many different ways to show something visually- try something new. All projects are due and will be presented September 24th.
All assignments will be graded as to how well you have shown your understanding of the Quest and Sir Gawain.
Rubric for grading:
Assignment- Using ALL of the parts of the quest that we have learned, create a digital representation of a quest. This could be a Glogster, a Prezi, a Projeqt, Powtoon, or some other visual representation of the Quest. For this assignment, we will NOT be creating a POWERPOINT of GOOGLE SLIDE show. I want you to explore other presentation options. For the quest, you have 3 options- you may create a modern version of Gawain's Quest. This would entail creating or using a modern day scenario that has similar characteristics as the one we read, or you may choose to use a real historical figure who has been on a quest. Finally, you may choose to create a quest based on your own adventures in life. regardless of which you choose, you must demonstrate each aspect of the quest. Each aspect should have a title slide and the details should be explained. DO NOT use pictures from the Internet without proper citations! If you find pictures through a creative commons use site, indicate that. Remember, this is a MODERN DAY interpretation of the quest- you have some freedoms with aspects of the quest as long as you can justify your choices. .
Note that a Powerpoint or Google Slides is NOT an option this time. There are many different ways to show something visually- try something new. All projects are due and will be presented September 24th.
All assignments will be graded as to how well you have shown your understanding of the Quest and Sir Gawain.
Rubric for grading:
- Clear understanding of subject matter- up to 25 points.
- All aspects of the quest are represented - up to 50 points
- Creativity and proper form (6/6 rule is in effect, citations in MLA format)- up to 10 points
- Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation- up to 10 points ( more than 5 errors requires a re-do)
- On time and neatly done- up to 5 points
Anglo-saxon and Beowulf Background Information"From start to finish, Beowulf demands our acknowledgment that sorting out the monster from the hero and the coward is a lifetime’s struggle in the dark. Beowulf joins us to our ancestors -- whoever they might have been, in whatever far country -- at the top of their game, as we would like to imagine them, and as we dearly hope those who come after will someday envision us."
Robert F. Yeager, Professor UNC Asheville Yeager, Robert F. "Why Read Beowulf?" National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities, Mar.-Apr. 1999. Web. 21 Aug. 2015.
Essential Questions for Beowulf
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Anglo-saxonsWho exactly were these people and why do we study them?
The map above came from the following website- check it out to learn more about Old English. http://news.richarddenning.co.uk/?p=269620 Click here for information on A-S feastsBeowulf
Beowulf is one of the earliest pieces of British literature we have. It is the story of an epic hero whose characteristics demonstrate the traits and values of the people of the time. The piece is in Old English, the "great-grandfather" of the language we speak today.
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Epic HeroesSuperheroes, heroes, what are they? What characteristics make someone heroic? Why do we have such a fascination with heroes? Do they embody the traits that we, as a society, value?
Your results:
You are Spider-Man
LanguageHere you'll find information about the true Old English language (NOT Shakespearean English!) You'll also read about the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found!
Click here to write your name in runes.History of Our Language |
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Graduation project in Unit 1- Beowulf
Mentor and Product Proposal- Form 4
The Mentor and Product Proposal- Due date September 15, 2015.
Click here for a link to the form- remember to make a copy and label it with the title of the form and YOUR NAME. Tips for being approved the first time: 1. Check and re-check, then correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. 2. Write in COMPLETE SENTENCES. 3. Follow minimum word counts as closely as possible and answer questions with specific details. 4. Be sure you have discussed BOTH the mentor and the product. |
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The Resume
WRITE YOUR RESUME- http://www.aie.org/find-a-job/write-your-resume/index.cfm
The Adventures in Education website states, "At heart, a good resume is really a job pitch. It tells the story of what you do or did and how you're qualified to do more, specifically for the company you're applying to. Resume-writing isn't a science, but there are techniques for creating a resume that can make all the difference to the success of your job hunt. Use this section of AIE to explore how to create a sharp, attention-grabbing resume." Let's use this site to ensure we write successful resumes.
The Adventures in Education website states, "At heart, a good resume is really a job pitch. It tells the story of what you do or did and how you're qualified to do more, specifically for the company you're applying to. Resume-writing isn't a science, but there are techniques for creating a resume that can make all the difference to the success of your job hunt. Use this section of AIE to explore how to create a sharp, attention-grabbing resume." Let's use this site to ensure we write successful resumes.
Below you will find a PDF version of the sample to the left and two PDF files with tips for resume writing.
Click here for a resume templateBefore you begin YOUR resume, let's practice writing one for someone else. Click the file below to open the assignment for writing a resume for Beowulf.
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