Anglo-Saxon+Mini+Research+Project

REQUIREMENTS:

1. five note cards on assigned Anglo-Saxon topic (two sources max.) 2. source card(s) - MLA format (if using Wikipedia, you must use one additional source) 3. two visuals on a Keynote (with citations for the visuals) 4. three minute informal presentation to small group

PROJECT CHOICES

Each member of the group will choose one topic from the options listed below.

1. Anglo-Saxon Government: Aethelbert; Alfred the Great; Edward the Confessor; Harold; Offa; Danelaw

2. Anglo-Saxon Warriors and Weapons: thane; feud; wergild; sword; scramasax; spear; shield; helmet; armor

3. The Anglo-Saxon archeological site: Sutton Hoo

4. Anglo-Saxon Society: Earl; coerl; gebur; cotsetla; the status of women

5. Anglo-Saxon entertainment: scop, gleeman, mead, mead-hall

6. Anglo-Saxon art and culture: illuminated manuscripts; Lindisfarne Gospels; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Venerable Bede; History of the English Church and People; Caedmon; Cynewulf; runes; Golden Age of Northumbria

7. Religion: pagan gods: Woden, Tiw, Thunor, Frig; Wyrd; Christianity; Augustine; Paulinus; King Edwin

8. History: Hengist and Horsa 441, 449; Celts; Romans; Angles, Saxons, Jutes; Vikings; Danes; William the Conqueror; Battle of Hastings; Norman Conquest

9. Monsters: drauqr; ketta; trolls; giants and elves of Norse myth; goblins; ogres; dragons

POSSIBLE RESOURCES:

[|Wikipedia] [|Anglo-Saxon history] [|BBC Anglo-Saxon history] [|ORB The Anglo-Saxons] [|Sutton Hoo]
 * Note - remember to look for reliable sources - .org and .edu are better; look at the organization or the credentials of the person maintaining the site
 * Also, you may use Wikipedia as a starting place, but you may not use it as a cited source.

NOTE CARDS:

You will take notes on the information that you find in online or in the library. You will take your notes on 3 x 5 note cards. Each person should complete five (5) note cards, using one to two sources. Cite your sources on two separate note cards. See the link for information on how to complete these cards.

Information on note cards:  [|How to create note cards] [|How to use MLA format] [|Evaluating sources]