Monday, August 3, 2009

The Anglo-Saxons are coming.....


Beowulf, our first book, was written by an unknown Anglo-Saxon author around 700 AD. In order to understand the book better, we need to be able to understand the times in which it was written.

Please sign up in the "comments" section to research one of the topics listed below. Your research does not need to be formally written up, just jot down some interesting notes and bring them to class on Monday.

Anglo-Saxon religion
An Anglo-Saxon Lord's life
Slavery in Anglo-Saxon times
Anglo-Saxon clothing
Anglo-Saxon weapons
Anglo-Saxon leisure time
Anglo-Saxon travel
Anglo-Saxon Government or administration
Anglo-Saxon farming
Anglo-Saxon food/diet

Please sign up for what you want to research in the comments section so we can be sure that each topic is covered. Once each topic is assigned to one person, than 2 people can research the same topic. Good places to get information might be a World History text or the internet.

18 comments:

  1. Ari would like to do food/diet (she's having troubles getting on so I'm posting for her.

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  2. I guess I slept in too late. I'll do clothing.

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  3. Is this working?
    I want to do food.

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  4. I'd like my research assignment to be on Anglo Saxon leisure time.

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  5. Hmmm....I think I'll research farming.

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  6. Lindsay would like to do travel.

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  7. Logan would like to do Government.

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  8. I would like to research Anglo-Saxon religion.

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  9. I think I will do weapondry as well

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  10. i canged my mind i am going to do farming

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  11. Do I still need to do this, even though I missed the first class?

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