Project Synergy
Learning Object Documentation
Descriptive Title: / Wharram Percy, Lost Medieval VillageBrief Description: / This Learning Object is a thorough study of a medieval village, Wharram Percy, as discovered thorough many years of archaeological excavation. The site includes floor plans, elevation drawings, village tools, discussions of village history and more.
Rating: / ****
Primary Subject: / History, especially social history.
Discipline Categories: / Useful in History, Literature, Art History, Anthropology, as well as perhaps sociology, gender studies, and economics.
Author’s Name and Contact Info: / Kenneth Tompkins,
URL of Learning Object: / http://loki.stockton.edu/~ken/wharram/wharram.htm
Target Audience: / Laymen who are interested in Anthropology, Archaeology, Medieval culture. Upper division high-school students and college students
Activity or Assignment: / See Activity Sheet for projects useable in history, sociology, art history, economics, and related fields.
Activity Instructions: / See Activity Sheet.
Suggestions for use: / Use in high school and college history, social history, sociology, art history, or economics courses.
Assessment strategies: / Assessments include creative writing activities, analytical writing activities, group presentations, bulletin board interactions., exam essays. See Activity Sheet for details and rubrics.
Learning Objectives: / Vary with assignment. See Activity Sheet
Materials Needed: / Very few in addition to the web sites themselves. See each assignment below.
Time Requirements: / Most assignments are designed to be on-going, so that an instructor could discuss the project during one class period, then revisit it for 10-15 minutes on occasion throughout the term.
Type: / Creative or analytical writing, timed writing, public speaking.
Technical format: / HTML
Source code available: / 1 yes / 1 no
Cost involved with use: / 1 yes
Cost? / 1 no
Copyright and/or other restrictions: / 1 yes
Describe: / 1 no
Placement on Mdfaconline.org: / 1 upload / 1 link only
Need permission to use?
If yes, date permission obtained: / 1 yes
Date: / 1 no
Submitted to MERLOT? / Date: 10 June 2002
Documentation submitted by: / Laura Trauth