Web Quest
Background – Read with your group!
What is Beowulf - the oldest surviving epic in British literature
What is Beowulf about? – thegreat hero, Beowulf, and his battles against three epic monsters.
How/when was Beowulf written - in Old English before the 10thcentury A.D.,
How many copies of the original manuscript are there? There is only one manuscript.
Task 1 – Investigate the manuscript
1)Read about the history of the manuscript make a list of 5 important historical facts about the Beowulf manuscript, where it is, how it got there, what it is LIKE. (in other words, DESCRIBE the manuscript)
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Task 2 – View an actual copy of the Beowulf manuscript here:
Write about what you think about it VISUALLY. (3 things)
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Task 3 – Open Microsoft Word to a NEW Document. Type File, SAVE AS, and name the document Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, and place it on your H DRIVE!!!
Answer all questions by typing your answers in your new document in WORD.
You CAN NOT copy and paste or copy words from the websites!!! Write in your own words!
Anglo-Saxon CultureExplore the websites on culture. Imagine yourself living in this culture.
1.Write a description of what your typical life would be like in the Anglo-Saxon time period.
2. Describe your clothing, your food, and how you spend your time if you are a woman or a man.
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3. Look at these 2 topics:
Religion – Describe Anglo-Saxon religious Beliefs
Fun Facts – Find 5 FUN facts on this web page (look for Fun Facts) /
4.Old English Poetry
How was Old English poetry composed? Describe 3 special things about it.
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5.The Characters of Beowulf
Read about TheGeats, The Danes, and Grendel.
In complete sentences, identify each group/person. /
6.The Old English Alphabet
What are some of the different letters used by Anglo-Saxons that are no longer used today?To type the letters in your Word document, go to [Insert] and scroll down to [Symbol...] to get a new window with the characters. Scroll around until you find your new letters. /
7.The Domesday Book
What is the Domesday Book and what is the problem with trying to read it, even if you know Latin? /
8.The Anglo-Saxon Lifestyle
Look at this section and write three sentences about three different things you learned. /
9.Anglo-Saxon Doctors
How did the Anglo-Saxons practice medicine? /
THE END. You're Done. Proof read your work, making sure your name and period are on the top of the page and turn in your work. /
WHEN YOU FINISH THE WEB-QUEST go the website of the full Beowulf text and read:
/ Beowulf: Prelude
/ Beowulf I
And then answer/complete the following questions for class on Monday:
/ Summarize the story in the Prelude and Section 1.
/ What is Beowulf's ancestry? (NOTE: the first Beowulf mentioned in the Prelude is an ancestor of the
Beowulf who is the protagonist of the poem. Follow this line of ancestry until you come back to Beowulf.)
/ What is Grendel? Who are his relatives? Why is he evil?
/ What are the traits/characteristics of a good Anglo-Saxon leader from this section of the poem?
If you want to hear some Old English Beowulf, click here and you can scroll through the
poem and look for sound icons [They look like this] and hear how absolutely bizarre
Old English is.