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What was happening in the world of Canterbury Tales?

Project Description

This project has four tasks: 

1. Research your term and take notes in the notecard feature in NoodleTools. 

2. Cite your sources in NoodleTools. 

3. Create a Google Slides presentation that only has images (except for the title page the source citation page). Record a video in which you present the the research through your series of slides in your presentation. Use any of the following tools: 

  • Adobe Spark
  • WeVideo
  • Screencast-o-matic
  • Screencastify
  • Other video-creation tools

4. Write two multiple choice questions based on your presentation. 

Topics

Thomas Becket

Giovanni Boccaccio

Canterbury Cathedral 

Canterbury (the village/town)

Caesarius of Heisterbach

Hagiography

Pilgrimages (Definition of/in the Middle Ages)

Tabard

Chainmail

French Fabilau

Friar

Prioress

Yeoman

Guildsman

Haberdasher

Alchemy

The Crusades

14th Century Food

14th Century Leisure Activities

Ellesmere Manuscript

Psalteries

Geoffrey Chaucer

Eleanor of Aquataine

Richard the Lionhearted

Medieval Attitudes towards/about Women

Boethius

Medieval Medicine

Medieval Universities (specifically in Great Britain)

Courtly Love (14th Century/Medieval Times)

History of Jousting/Jousting in the Middle Ages

Aungst - Block 4 Sign up (Spring 2021)

Merkson - Sign up (Spring 2022)