Activity Outcome

• Students will be able to articulate the historical background to the Anglo-Norman culture.

Relevant Course Outcome

• Students will be able to identify and analyze the textual, historical, and cultural contexts of works of literature.

Instructions:

• Select one of the topics (on this Google Doc) before class on the deadline.

  • Select your topic and claim by adding your name to the appropriate row in this Google Doc. NOTE: read the others that have been selected before you claim your own. Do not double up. First come, first serve.

• Research this topic (please complete the TEDEd assignment first; click here to access it)

• With any device/program/app, create at least a one-minute video about your topic. This video should have the ability to be uploaded to YouTube.

• Upload video to YouTube. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS HERE BEFORE UPLOADING.

  • You will need a Google account, which would be your school email address (it comes with access to Google sites, so you should not have a problem here)

  • Once you are signed into your Google account, if you are unfamiliar with YouTube, click here for instructions on how to upload your video.

  • You may use the "Unlisted" privacy setting, so that only I may see your video.

  • Post the link to your video on the Activities Board by the deadline.

  • I will combine the videos to create a complete lesson about the Anglo-Norman period.

Extras:

• You may choose to be as creative (or not) with the video as you like.

• It may simply be a video of you "lecturing" or you may choose a different method.

• You may use any props or other visuals that you like (particularly if you know how to edit your video to include them).

• If you are working on a topic split with another student, you may work together on your video (but it should be 2 minutes split equally between you).

Topic Choices: If there is a "2" next to the topic, two students may choose this topic, but should select two different approaches as outlined below.

• Edward the Confessor (king of England)

• Harold Godwinson (king of England - 2: Before becoming king and after becoming king)

• Normandy (country)

• William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy/king of England - 2: Normandy and England)

• Harald Hardrada (king of Norway)

• Battle of Hastings (2: Anglo-Saxon POV and Norman POV)

• Bayeux Tapestry

• English Channel (role in Norman invasion)

• Westminster Abbey

• Cult of the Virgin Mary

• Eleanor of Aquitaine (queen of France/England - 2: France and England)

• Henry II (king of England)

• Courtly Love

• Andreas Capellanus (author of rules of courtly love)

• Chrétien de Troyes (author - 2: biography and writings)

• Marie de Champagne (countess of France)

• Marie de France (author - 2: biography and writings)

• King Arthur (character)

• Lancelot (character)

• Guinevere (character)

• Chevalier/Chevalerie (Knight/Chivalry)

• Anglo-Norman (the language)