Group Project: Historical Periods.

Goal:

Class time and curriculum is structured around literature of various time periods in British Literature.  It is helpful to understand the culture in which these texts were created. The presentations are aimed at  providing the students with a basic understanding of the culture and people of a specific time and place.

Preparation:

1.     Research the period from a historical and cultural angle.
2.     Create a 15 minute multimedia and interactive presentation
3.     Do not show lengthy videos unless you yourselves are talking in them.
4.     The goal is to help the class understand this time period.
a.     What geographical areas are most important in this time period?
b.     How was money predominantly being made?
c.      What were some majore events of the time period?
d.     Who were major (non-literary) characters?
e.     What was every day life like?
                                               i.     How old did people normaly get?
                                              ii.     What were their gender roles?
                                            iii.     What faith did they have?
                                            iv.     Who where their heroes and why?
f.      Who could read?
g.     What foods did they that eat we don’t eat any more?
h.     What entertainment options were available to them?
                                               i.     What kind of music were they listening too?
                                              ii.     What kind of paintings are they making?

5.     Your presentation should start on time, end on time and involve the whole class.

6.     Use the following rubric to plan the presentation.

Presentation Schedule

Medieval Period

Dublin as a medieval city
Medieval military camp reenactment. (Also, a dude taking out a drone with a spear)

Elizabethan Period

What life was like on a Tudor war ship.











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