Medieval Time Period: Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales WebQuest

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Medieval Time Period Chaucer and The Canterbury
Tales WebQuest
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INTRODUCTION
As we travel back in time from Shakespeare but
ahead in time from Beowulf, we need to learn more
about the age of knighthood, feudalism and
medieval society.
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YOUR TASK

• Please click on this link to download the
  questions. Either print them out or type your
  answers in the document. Then, continue this
  PowerPoint presentation reading the slides,
  watching the videos and following the links.
  Happy Questing my feudal lords and ladies.

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Part I History/ Feudalism

• Answer questions 1-6 on your Word document by
  looking at the video, websites and the next
  slide.
• Each picture below is a link to information for
  questions 1-7. Click to begin

Video 1-questions1 -5
Link 1 questions 5-7
Link 2 questions 5-7
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Welcome to England and the Englishan island of
peoples, languages, and divisions...
The White Tower in London part of Williams
legacy
Chartres Cathedral
These were the languages that each class spoke

• Latin -- church, schools
• French -- court, castle
• English -- commoners

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Part II Knights and Chivalry

• Answer questions 1-7 on your Word document by
  looking at the video. If you cant determine the
  answers from it then use the link to the helpful
  website.
• Each picture below is a link to information for
  Part II, questions 1-7. Click to begin

Video 1- 1-7
Link 1- 1-7
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Part III Society/ Wars

• For questions 9-13, use the first link below, you
  may need to search beyond this site.
• For questions 14-15 watch the video below.
• For 16 and 17 refer back to the first website.

Link 1- 8-12
Video 1- 13-14
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Part IV Thomas a Becket

• Click on the picture to the right and it will
  take you to a website to answer
• questions 18-20.

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Part V Geoffrey Chaucer

• For questions 1-5 click on the picture of Chaucer
  for the information and then watch the video
  below for number 6.

Video 1 for question 6
Link 1- 1-5