ANGLO+WEBQUEST

Learn about the Anglo-Saxons Use the following websites to learn more about the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings who invaded them. While you are reading through these websites, write down at least 15 significant things (in complete sentences) that you have learned about Anglo-Saxon or Viking life and history. You may substitute some drawings of artifacts in the place of “facts.” This does not include printouts...Be sure to write your name in runes at the TOP of your paper, underneath your header in Modern English. Use this document for the rune alphabet:



The purpose of this assignment is for you to see some images of the people and ways of life of this time, so that when we read Old English poetry, you have images to go with the ideas in the poem.

1. BBC Anglo-Saxon Home Page [] or http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/

2. Read through Anglo-Saxon life, beliefs, past-times, and “what happened….” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/

3. Play the game of Hild and the village feast (you will be mildly amused) []

4. Look at the different aspects of Anglo-Saxon Life in this interactive timeline—you only need to watch acts 1 & 2. Make sure to listen to examples of Old English and see the way words looked then!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/language_timeline/index.shtml

5. Look at 13 Anglo-Saxon Objects

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6. Explore an Anglo-Saxon Village []

7. See treasure from the Saxon King of Essex []

8. Explore the Sutton Hoo excavation site and see the treasure unearthed http://www.suttonhoo.org/tour.asp#

9. Read about Viking Life [] or http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/

10. Watch lots of video clips about Viking life. []

11. Play the Viking Quest Game []