September 12 ... Beginning the Anglo-Saxon Period

OBJ -

Students will research background information for The Anglo Saxon Period and will make connections with prior learning.


WARM-UP -

Grab a laptop, open it to my blog and start reading and taking brief notes over the articles assigned today.


TODAY -

Open and scan through the articles at the following links - there is a LOT of information here.  Don't get overwhelmed with names and dates ... focus on "big picture" details so that we can acquire an understanding of the time period we are studying the literature of.  You may remember some of this information from World History.


Open the link below and read the sections on Prehistory& Antiquity, The Anglo-Saxons, The Vikings, and The Normans (sections 1-4)
Brief History of England


Then read the article entitled "How Do We Know"
How Do We Know?


Then scan through the article entitled "A Brief History of Anglo-Saxon England"
A Brief History of Anglo Saxon England


BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY - On a sheet of paper, list 3 things you learned today from each of the articles (9 things TOTAL) and turn it in.  It MUST be turned in before you leave.