Anglo-Saxon Period & Middle Ages

WDS1ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL 5 & 6

Anglo-Saxon Period & Middle Ages

ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD (449-1066)

REQUIRED CLASSWORK & ASSESSMENT

Historical Introduction (PDF)

HOLT LITERATURE LINKS

BBC ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY

ANGLO-SAXON LIFE

THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE

ANGLO-SAXON HEATHEN HERITAGE

ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE

NORMAN HISTORY

NORMAN LANGUAGE

MEDIEVAL FACTS

BEOWULF BY ANONYMOUS

ORIGINAL TEXT

AUDIO TEXT

REQUIRED CLASSWORK & ASSESSMENT

Selection Test (PDF)

ADDITIONAL MULTIMEDIA & ENRICHMENT:

ELECTRONIC BEOWULF

BEOWULF STUDY GUIDE

HOLT PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

HOLT LITERATURE LINKS

25 QUESTIONS ABOUT BEOWULF

BEOWULF JEOPARDY

QUIA QUIZ: Beowulf

QUIA ACTIVITIES X 4

BEOWULF CROSSWORD

GRAPHIC NOVEL PREVIEW

VIDEO CLIP: Grendal's Attack

VIDEO CLIP: 4 Video Enrichment Activities

AUDIO CLIP: Oxford's Medieval Podcasts

AUDIO CLIP: Readings from Beowulf

THE MIDDLE AGES (1066- 1485)

HISTORY FOR KIDS.ORG: The Middle Ages

THE MIDDLE AGES.NET

INTERNET MEDIEVAL SOURCEBOOK

HISTORY.COM: Middle Ages

MR. DOWLING.COM: The Middle Ages

VIDEO CLIP: Lots of Video on the Middle Ages

VIDEO CLIP: BBC's Film on Medieval England

THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES BY GEOFFRY CHAUCER

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

ORIGINAL TEXT

AUDIO TEXT

REQUIRED CLASSWORK & ASSESSMENT

Selection Test (PDF)

ADDITIONAL MULTIMEDIA & ENRICHMENT:

ELF Edition of the Tales (great site!)

GEOFFREY CHAUCER LIFE & TIMES

THE CANTERBURY TALES PROJECT

THE ELECTRONIC CANTERBURY TALES

CANTERBURY VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

CLASSROOM JEOPARDY: The Prologue

FUN TRIVIA: Name That Pilgrim

VIDEO CLIP: General Prologue Summary (YouTube)

VIDEO CLIP: A Canterbury Tale- 1944 Film

VIDEO CLIP: The Animated Pardoner's Tale

AUDIO CLIP: NPR'S The New Canterbury