the middle ages-webquest project british literature mrs. staples adapted from: introduction: the...

The Middle Ages-Webquest Project

British LiteratureMrs. Staples

Adapted from: www.gshaskell.com/webquestmidagesghaskell.ppt

Introduction: The Middle Age has been characterized as the Dark Ages due to its plagues, loss of literacy, loss of artistic treasures, serfdom, church corruption, and wars filled with pillaging and plundering (i.e. The Religious Crusades).

On the other hand some historical revisionists claim that this is an unfair depiction, and that this was a Time of Light as evidenced by the Magna Carta, Charlamagne’s Carolingian Empire, schools of learning (Benedictine Monasteries), knightly adventures, and chivalry.

Your assignment is to make a compelling case one way or the other. You will find proof that supports if this time period was a time of darkness or a time of light.

You will conduct research using Internet websites and become an authority on this time period that spans roughly 1066-1485.

You are responsible for working effectively and diligently while in the library, writing three (3) essays, and also creating a PowerPoint presentation with relevant Internet source material that supports your case one way or the other. Your PowerPoint should have a Works Cited page with a minimum of 10 sources in MLA format.

Before you can begin your project, you must first conduct the research in this webquest educational journey, and take a detailed look at the Middle Ages from a socio-economic, technological, political, religious-cultural, and literary perspective.

Task Objectives Five (5) TOPICS are provided for you to choose from. You will

select 3 of those 5 topics and then select three (3) websites in each topic area to write about. Many of the links provided in this webquest lead to additional sources for you to explore. You will write a 300 word paragraph evaluation and analysis for each of the three web sites that you choose (a total of 900 words per essay). Explain the content in the three (3) links and evaluate and analyze how these various sites support your case for the Middle Ages as either a Dark or Light Age. You are required to include a minimum of three (3) properly cited MLA citations on a Works Cited page at the end of each essay. All essays must be submitted by their due dates to start with full credit. Late assignments will start at 50%.

COPYING AND PASTING IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! With a partner or independently you will create a PowerPoint

presentation with relevant Internet source materials that support your belief that this was a dark or light time period. Your PowerPoint must include something from each of the five (5) topics and have a Works Cited Page with a minimum of 10 sources in MLA format. There is a grading rubric on the following page that will further clarify the

format for your research project.

Evaluation RubricPoint Breakdown Library days – October 17th and 18th - participation grade each day 3 essays in chosen content areas (minimum of 900 words each) - 3

writing grades (graded for content, spelling, punctuation, word count) PowerPoint - 1 writing grade for content and organization and 1 test grade You will lose points if you are not actively working on your project at all

timesduring provided library time. If you are absent on a library day, the only

way youcan regain participation points is to stay after school.

Pair or Individual Power Point - due ______ (Page #1) Title Page (5 Points) (Page #2) Topic 1 content (15 Points) (Page #3) Topic 2 content (15 Points) (Page #4) Topic 3 content (15 Points) (Page #5) Topic 4 content (15 Points) (Page #6) Topic 5 content (15 Points) (Page #7) Summation of your position (Dark or Light) (10 Points) (Page #8) MLA Citations in Works Cited format (10 Points)

Each slide should support your position of Dark or Light in some way. Points will

be deducted for grammar and punctuation errors.

Use of Websites The websites provided to you may or may not be

active (or may not work on the school computers due to blocks on various sites).

Many provided websites will lead you to other websites. If you choose to use websites in addition to those provided, be sure to check that they are reliable sources; use .gov, .uk, .org, or.edu, and:

• find the original source page for authenticity

• check the date the website was last updated

• Check that the links work and that they are linked to reliable sources

NO Wikipedia

Preparing your Essays… Essays MUST be typed. No hand-written

essays will be accepted. Use Times New Roman, 12 font, and double

space. Proper heading at the top of each essay. Each 900 word essay should have a Works

Cited page with a minimum of 3 sources. Submit ALL copied materials printed from the

websites. Staple or paper clip copied materials to the back of the essays.

Topic #1Socio-economics

Websites of the Middle Ages

Banking in the Middle Ages The Spread of the Black Death The Black Death 1348 Dialogue Between Master and Discip

le Economy Economic Trends Advancement of Economics European Agrarian Society The Great Famine Feudalism Middle Ages Timeline The Manorial System Medieval Guilds and Crafts Producti

on Medieval Jobs Medieval Life and Times Money and Coinage Population Through the Ages Timeli

ne

Write one 300 word paragraph description for each of the three websites per topic.

This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, or a minimum of three distinct paragraphs per content area.

Evaluate and analyze the content in these websites and describe how these various sites support your theory that the Middle Ages were either a Dark or Light time period.

You are required to include a Works Cited page with a minimum of 3 MLA Citations.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/bluedot/banking.html

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/bluedot/blackdeath.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1000workers.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1000workers.html

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/economy.html

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36333

http://www.chiddingstone-castle.org.uk/Advancement_In_Medieval_Times.html

http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture22b.html

http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/black_death.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1i.html#Feudalism

http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/MiddleAges.htm

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ac80

http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/ARTH200/artist/guilds.html

http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/ARTH200/artist/guilds.html

http://medieval.stormthecastle.com/medieval-jobs.htm

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Medieval_Life/medievallifemain.htm

http://www.moneymuseum.com/moneymuseum/library/pictures/tour.jsp?lang=en&ix=18

http://www.timelines.info/history/ages_and_periods/population_through_the_ages/

http://www.timelines.info/history/ages_and_periods/population_through_the_ages/

Topic #2Technology & Architecture

Websites of the Middle Ages Secrets of the Castle Woodworking Tools Castle Chapels Medieval Siege Images Castle Architecture Towers Building a Castle Architecture of the Middle Ages Castle Defenses Design Secrets of Medieval Castles Gatehouses Wells Dungeons Cathedral Tour Gothic Architecture Romanesque Architecture Byzantine Architecture Kitchens Castle Interiors Gothic Field Architecture Weapons and Armor





http://medieval.stormthecastle.com/essays/secrets-of-medieval-castles.htm

http://www.medievalwoodworking.org/articles/class_notes.htm

http://www.medieval-castle.com/architecture_design/medieval_castle_chapel.htm

https://www.google.com/search?q=Medieval+times+siege&client=firefox-a&hs=p2Z&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=X_IIUrsuorzIAavsgIgB&ved=0CFwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=858

http://www.castlesandmanorhouses.com/architecture.htm

http://www.firenze-oltrarno.net/english/arte/torri.php

http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/castles-in-the-middle-ages.html

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/architecture.htm

http://www.medieval-castles.net/castle_defenses/architecture.htm

http://medievalcastles.stormthecastle.com/essays/design-secrets-of-medieval-castles.htm

http://www.castlesandmanorhouses.com/architecture.htm

http://www.medieval-castle.com/architecture_design/medieval_castles_water.htm

http://www.medieval-castle.com/architecture_design/medieval_castle_dungeons.htm

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/cathedrallinks.htm

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/gothic_architecture.htm

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/romanesque_architecture.htm

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/byzantine_architecture.htm

http://www.medieval-castles.net/castle_architecture/kitchens.htm

http://www.medieval-castles.net/castle_architecture/

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/Glossary.htm

http://medievalcastles.stormthecastle.com/essays/design-secrets-of-medieval-castles.htm

http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/misc/clmisc.htm

http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/misc/clmisc04.htm

Topic #3History & Politics


The Development of Europe Charlemagne Magna Carta Magna Carta Exhibit Medieval Kings Women in Politics Medieval Law Law and Order Pirates Article of Agreement War of the Roses The 100 Years War Crime and Punishment Death in the Dark Ages Papal Power





http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/morefeud.html

http://www.authorama.com/famous-men-of-the-middle-ages-12.html

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2361985/Medieval-reunion-Four-surviving-copies-Magna-Carta-brought-time-celebrate-800th-anniversary.html

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_kings_and_queens.htm

http://www.ozedweb.com/history/middle_ages_women_in_politics.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_law_and_order.htm

http://www.medievality.com/law-and-order.html

http://www.piratemuseum.com/edagreem.htm

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/bluedot/rosewar.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/hundred_years_war_01.shtml

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/resources1.htm#crime

http://www.history.co.uk/search/site/death%20in%20the%20dark%20ages

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/papacy-in-middle-ages.html

http://www.esc20.k12.tx.us/etprojects/formats/webquests/summer99/northside/middleages/Act4.html




Topic #4 Religion & Culture


Culture Crisis and Recovery Gregorian Chant Bathing and Washing (hygiene) Thomas Aquinas Food Stained Glass of the Middle Ages Art of the Middle Ages Intellectual Life Code of Chivalry Church in the Middle Ages Medieval Holidays Halloween in the Middle Ages Religious Order Medieval Women The Crusades Knights Islam Byzantine Empire Rise and Development of Byzantine Em

pire Arts and Entertainment Guide to Early Church Documents Medieval and Renaissance Instruments





http://history-world.org/dynamic_culture_of_medieval_euro.htm

http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/hickey/to%201650%20Lecture%2011.htm

http://www.uh.edu/~tkoozin/projects/ogan/MIDAGES.html

http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/13/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-take-baths/

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/aquinas1.html

http://www.medieval-life.net/food.htm

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/stain_glass_windows.htm

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/thought.html

http://www.knight-medieval.com/medieval-knight-chivalry.htm

http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs2c/middle.html

http://www.medieval.net/medievalholidays.htm

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/halloween.htm

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/morelign.html

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_women.htm

http://www.themiddleages.net/life/crusades.html

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/history.htm

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/resources2.htm#Islam

http://www.history.com/topics/byzantine-empire

http://www.medievalwall.com/art-of-different-countries/rise-development-byzantine-empire/

http://www.medievalwall.com/art-of-different-countries/rise-development-byzantine-empire/

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/artsentr.html

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html

http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html

http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/people/clpeop.htm

http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/biblical/clbibl28.htm

Topic #5Education, Art, and Literature

Websites of the Middle Ages Anthology of Middle English Literature Byzantine Art French Middle Ages Literature Thomas Aquinas Byzantine Art Images Antiquity in the Middle Ages Chaucer Stained Glass of the Middle Ages Sculpture of the Middle Ages Art Pieter Bruegel Medieval Art Tour Education Schools





http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/byzantine_art.htm

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ac81

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/bluedot/aquinas.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=byzantine+art&client=firefox-a&hs=WuF&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XfoIUqvKHceayQGmyoHwBA&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=858

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/anti/hd_anti.htm

http://www.csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs2c/ch3.html

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/stain_glass_windows.htm

http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/middle_ages_sculpture.htm

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/resourcesA.htm#Art

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/museum.htm

http://www.medieval-life.net/education.htm

http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/school-in-the-middle-ages.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/anti/hd_anti.htm

And so…1st essay (3 subtopics/900 words) is due on _____________ 2nd essay (3 subtopics/900 words) is due on _____________ 3rd essay (3 subtopics/900 words) is due on _____________

By_______________ every PowerPoint analysis must have beensubmitted to BOTH email addresses electronically by the beginningof class, or should be brought to school on a memory stick for meto download onto my computer during class. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Gather your facts and get a head start! DO NOT rely onlyon the class time provided for these assignments. It is yourresponsibility to complete each assignment on time.

Quoting & Paraphrasing is acceptable. COPYING AND PASTING IS NOT!

Student Scheduling: The Middle AgesTask

Due

Dates

Goal

Day 1

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Goal

Day 2

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Goal

Day 3

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Goal

Day 4

____________ - Essay 1

______ - Essay 2

______ - Essay 3

______ -PowerPoint with a partner or independently.

PowerPoint MUST include something from all five topics

Copy/print as many sources as possible. Begin putting together first essay.

Continue copying and printing sources. Type first essay and begin second essay.

You must continue to work on essays 2 and 3 independently. The next class time allotted with be used for creating your PowerPoint.

Begin working with partner or independently to put together PowerPoint.

Finish PowerPoint.

Additional Resources

Anthology of Middle English Literature Art History Resources on the Web Australian Catholic University Castles of Britain.com College at Oneonta Department of Astrology at University of Maryland End of Europe’s Middle Ages University Calgary Gregorian Chant History Link 101 Labyrinth at Georgetown University National Archives and Records Administration New York Carver.com Timelines.Info

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/

http://www.oneonta.edu/highbwindex.asp

http://www.astro.umd.edu/

What is MLA? MLA - Modern Language Association is the

format used when typing the Works Cited page for the research paper

To review how to type a Works Cited page, go to the school website and access the research paper formats by clicking on

High School Media Center Research-related links