RESEARCH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS TO RESEARCH. PARAPHRASE THE INFORMATION YOU FIND, AND WRITE AT LEAST ONE TYPED PAGE ABOUT THE MOST INTERESTING INFORMATION YOU FOUND. INCLUDE PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS AND WORKS CITED. USE AT LEAST TWO SOURCES. WRITTEN AND ORAL REPORTS ARE DUE ON AUGUST 12. USE YOUR TEXTBOOK AS ONE OF YOUR SOURCES. READ AND OUTLINE THE UNIT INTRO. (PP. 19-29).
1. BRITONS OR CELTS
2. OLD ENGLISH
3. ANGLO-SAXON LIFE AND LITERATURE
4. CAESAR'S INVASION OF BRITAIN IN 55 B.C.
5. ROMAN RULE OF BRITAIN FOR 300 YEARS
6. ANGLO-SAXON INVASION OF BRITAIN IN 449
7. NORMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN IN 1066
8. ST. AUGUSTINE
9. GRENDEL
10. 9TH CENTURY DANISH INVASION
11. ALFRED THE GREAT
12. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
13. BEOWULF
14. THE VENERABLE BEDE
15. THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE
16. THE EXETER BOOK
17. ANGLO-SAXON MEAD HALLS
18. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
19. SCOPS AND THE ORAL TRADITION
20. GEOFFREY CHAUCER
21. SIR THOMAS MALLORY
22. FOLK BALLADS
23. FEUDALISM
24. CHIVALRY
25. KING ARTHUR
26. SIR GAWAIN
27. THE CANTERBURY TALES
28. ROBIN HOOD
29. THOMAS A BECKET
30. MIDDLE ENGLISH
31. HENRY II
32. RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED
33. KING JOHN AND THE MAGNA CARTA
34. THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
35. THE BLACK DEATH
36. THE WAR OF THE ROSES
JOURNAL: AS EACH REPORT IS PRESENTED, EACH STUDENT SHOULD RECORD AT LEAST THREE INTERESTING POINTS ABOUT THE TOPIC.
CLASS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ANGLO-SAXON VALUES AND BELIEFS AND PRESENT-DAY AMERICAN VALUES AND BELIEFS. WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THESE DIFFERENCES?
WHAT DO ALL OF THESE THINGS ADDED TOGETHER TELL YOU ABOUT THE ANGLO-SAXONS AND THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED? WHAT IDEAS OR TOPICS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE REFLECTED IN THEIR LITERATURE?
