The Middle Ages Introduction

1. Web Quest Project EDT 600 Professor Cobb By Greg Haskell Introduction: The Middle Age has also been characterized as the Dark Ages due to its plaques, loss of literacy, loss of artistic treasures, Serfdom, Church Corruption, and wars filled with pillaging and plundering I.e. The Religious Crusades. On the other hand some historical revisionist claim that this is an unfair depiction indeed, but rather a time of light as evidenced by the Magna Carta, Charlamagne’s Carolingian Empire, Schools of Learning (Benedictine Monasteries), Knightly adventure, and Chivalry. Your mission is to make a compelling case one way or the other that this is indeed a time of darkness or rather a time of light.. You will conduct research and become an authority on this time period that spans roughly 600 AD- 1400’s. You are responsible for completing the 5 daily assignments and also building an interactive Power Point presentation with relevant Internet source material that will support your case one way or the other. Your power point should have a Works Cited page with a minimum of 5 sources in MLA format. Before you can begin your project you must first conduct the research in this Web Quest educational journey that will last the next 5 days, and take a detailed look at the Middle Ages from a Socio-economic, Technological, Political, Religious-Cultural, and Literary perspectives. Have a positive experience! The Middle AgesIntroduction

2. Learner Objectives (Days 1-5) Your mission is to select 3 Web Sites per content category (Days 1-5) listed in the rubric below. Please give a three hundred word paragraph description for each of the three web sites per content area. This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, and three distinct paragraphs per daily content area. Explain the daily content in the various daily (three) links and how these various sites will make your case for the Middle Ages, as either a Dark or Bright Age. You are required to incorporate anMLA Citation at the bottom of each 300 word paragraph description for the web sites (3 in all per category) of your choosing. *Remember to describe and provide analysis for each of the various web sites that will make your case for the Middle Ages as either a Dark or Bright Age. Learner Objectives (Days 1-8) Your mission is to make a compelling case one way or the other that this is indeed a time of darkness or rather a time of light.. You will conduct research and become an authority on this time period that spans roughly 600 AD- 1400’s. You are responsible for completing the 5 daily assignments and also building an interactive Power Point presentation with relevant Internet source material that will support your case one way or the other. Your power point should have a Works Cited page with a minimum of 10 sources in MLA format. There is a rubric on the following page that will further clarify the format for your research project. Learner Task Objectives

3. Evaluation Rubric • Point Breakdown • *The Preliminary Research is worth 100 points. • *The Power Point Presentation is also worth 100 points. • *The project total is worth 200 total points. • (Days 1-5 Monday – Due Friday Completed in Class) • Each Category is worth 20 points. • (Day #1- Mon.) Social/ Economic (20 Points) • (Day #2-Tues.) Technology/ Architecture (20 Points) • (Day #3-Wed.) History/ Politics (20 Points) • (Day #4-Thurs.) Religion/ Culture (20 Points) • (Day #5-Fri.) Education/ Art/ Literature (20 Points) • *Points will be deducted for punctuation and spelling errors. All sites should have a 100 word descriptive analysis. I suggest using the word count in Microsoft Word to monitor your word count. *Web Site Analysis (100 Points Total) • Power Point Presentation Rubric • (Days 6-8 Saturday –Monday- Due first thing Monday morning) • (Page #1) Title Page (5 Points) • (Page #2) Social/Economic Content (15 Points) • (Page #3) Technology/ Architecture Content (15 Points) • (Page #4) History/Politics Content (15 Points) • (Page #5) Religion/Culture Content (15 Points) • (Page #6) Education/Art/ Literature Content (15 Points) • (Page #7) Summation of your position (10 Points) • (Page #8) MLA Citations (Works Cited)(10 Points) • *Points will be deducted for grammar and punctuation errors. • (Power Point =100 Points Total) • Preliminary Research Rubric & PowerPoint Rubric = 200 Point Total.

4. Websites of the Middle Ages Banking in the Middle Ages Black Death Black Death 1348 Black Plaque Dialogue Between Master and Disciple Economy European Agrarian Society Famines Feudalism Introduction to the Middle Ages Manorial System Medieval Guilds and Crafts Production Medieval Jobs Money and Coinage of England During the Middle Ages Population Through the Ages Timeline Primogeniture Problem The Manor Travel and Trade Your mission is to select 3 Web Sites per content category (Days 1-5) listed in the rubric below. Please give a three hundred word paragraph description for each of the three web sites per content area. This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, and three distinct paragraphs per daily content area. Explain the daily content in the various daily (three) links and how these various sites will make your case for the Middle Ages, as either a Dark or Bright Age. You are required to incorporate an MLA Citation at the bottom of each 300 word paragraph description for the web sites (3 in all per category) of your choosing. Day #1Socio-economics

5. Web Sites of the Middle Ages Building Materials Stairs Tools Castle Chapels Medieval Siege Roofs Draw Bridges Towers Building a Castle Architecture of the Middle Ages Castle Defenses Castles Gatehouses Parts of a Castle Wells Dungeons Cathedral Tour Gothic Architecture Romanesque Architecture Byzantine Architecture Kitchens Castle Walls Moat and Bailey Castles Windows Gothic Field Architecture Your mission is to select 3 Web Sites per content category (Days 1-5) listed in the rubric below. Please give a three hundred word paragraph description for each of the three web sites per content area. This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, and three distinct paragraphs per daily content area. Explain the daily content in the various daily (three) links and how these various sites will make your case for the Middle Ages, as either a Dark or Bright Age. You are required to incorporate an MLA Citation at the bottom of each 300 word paragraph description for the web sites (3 in all per category) of your choosing. Day #2Technology & Architecture

6. Web sites of the Middle Ages Development of Europe During the Middle Ages Charlemagne’s Significance Magna Carta Magna Carta Exhibit Medieval Kings Women in Politics Primogeniture Problem Tradition in the Middle Ages Medieval Law Pirates Articles of Agreement Wars of the Roses 100 Years War Crime and Punishment The secret of papal power Your mission is to select 3 Web Sites per content category (Days 1-5) listed in the rubric below. Please give a three hundred word paragraph description for each of the three web sites per content area. This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, and three distinct paragraphs per daily content area. Explain the daily content in the various daily (three) links and how these various sites will make your case for the Middle Ages, as either a Dark or Bright Age. You are required to incorporate an MLA Citation at the bottom of each 300 word paragraph description for the web sites (3 in all per category) of your choosing. Day #3History & Politics

7. Web sites of the Middle Ages Church in Moral Crisis Gregorian Chant Gregorian Chant Home Page Bathing and Washing Thomas Aquinas(Summa Theologica) Food Life in a Castle Stained Glass of the Middle Ages Art of the Middle Ages Intellectual Life Code of Chivalry Medieval Education and it s Implications Problems of the Church Halloween in the Middle Ages Religious Order Life of Women Crusades Chart Women Knight Life Islam Byzantine Culture Byzantine and Medieval Studies Links Entertainment Guide to Early Church Documents Your mission is to select 3 Web Sites per content category (Days 1-5) listed in the rubric below. Please give a three hundred word paragraph description for each of the three web sites per content area. This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, and three distinct paragraphs per daily content area. Explain the daily content in the various daily (three) links and how these various sites will make your case for the Middle Ages, as either a Dark or Bright Age. You are required to incorporate an MLA Citation at the bottom of each 300 word paragraph description for the web sites (3 in all per category) of your choosing. Day #4 Religion & Culture

8. Web sites of the Middle Ages Anthology of Middle English Literature Byzantine Art Literature of the French Middle Ages Thomas Aquinas Middle Ages Painting Antiquity of the Early Middle Ages Chaucer Stained Glass of the Middle Ages Sculpture of the Middle Ages Art Pieter Bruegel Medieval Art Tour Your mission is to select 3 Web Sites per content category (Days 1-5) listed in the rubric below. Please give a three hundred word paragraph description for each of the three web sites per content area. This equals three hundred words per paragraph or 900 total words, and three distinct paragraphs per daily content area. Explain the daily content in the various daily (three) links and how these various sites will make your case for the Middle Ages, as either a Dark or Bright Age. You are required to incorporate an MLA Citation at the bottom of each 300 word paragraph description for the web sites (3 in all per category) of your choosing. Day #5Education, Art, and Literature

9. State Social Science Learner Standards as they pertain to this Web Quest on the Middle Ages. California State Content Standards for 10th grade World History. Students in grade ten study major turning points that shaped the modern world, from the late eighteenth century through the present, including the cause and course of two world wars. They trace the rise of democratic ideas and develop an understanding of the historical roots of current world issues, especially as they pertain to international relations. They extrapolate from the American experience that democratic ideals are often achieved at a high price, remain vulnerable, and are not practiced everywhere in the world. Students develop an understanding of current world issues and relate them to their historical geographic, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Students consider multiple accounts of events in order to understand international relations from a variety of perspectives. 10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought. 2. Trace the development of the Western political ideas of the rule of law and illegitimacy of tyranny, drawing from selections from Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics. California Social Science Standards for 10th Grade World History as it pertains to this Web Quest on the Middle Ages continued on the following page. Teacher Page Learner Standards

10. Teacher Page Learner StandardsContinued • 10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self government and individual liberty. • 2. List the principles of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of rights (1689), the American declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789) and the U.S. Bill of Rights. • These are the standards I have found correlate to some degree with this Web Quest on the Middle Ages. Democracy is a major theme in the standards throughout our survey course study of World History. • The Middle Ages legitimately serves as another building block towards the evolution of American Democracy. Ranging from the 10 Commandments through Athenian Democracy, the Roman Republic, the spread of Christianity (Charlemagne’s Empire) and the Magna Carta (Great Charter) which formally puts monarchs on notice that they are also to be held accountable to the law. This is another step towards diminishing the role of monarchs in Western Europe and another small step towards American Democracy. It is important for students to see American Democracy as a historical process over thousands of years, that slowly grows towards freedom for all people in Western Civilization. It is important to note that when the American Union is formed women are unable to vote and slavery for African Americans still exists. Even after this a Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s is crucial towards further democratizing America for all people I.e. women and minorities. The main concept is that democracy is a process that can be traced before, after and during the Middle Ages.

11. List of Web sites • Anthology of Middle English Literature • Art History Resources on the Web • Australian Catholic University • Castles of Britain.com • College at Oneonta • Department of Astrology at University of Maryland • E Museum at Minnesota State University • End of Europe’s Middle Ages University Calgary • Gregorian Chant • History Link 101 • Humanities at UC Berkely • ICLnet • Internet Medieval Sourcebook Fordham University • Index to Kansas University • Killeen Harker Heights Connections • Labyrinth at Georgetown University • Music Department at Princeton University • National Archives and Records Administration • New York Carver.com • Oz Ed Web • Texas AM at Corpus-Christi • The History Guide • Timelines.Info • Utah Museum of the Fine Arts • Web Museum Paris • Welcome to History Today Western New England College • Womens Ordination Catholic Internet Library