WebQuest Moyen-Âge - Anne Pellet GEP Langues
Voyager à travers l’espace et le temps :
Un WebQuest sur le Moyen-Age anglais
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LET’S TRAVEL THROUGH TIME AND SPACE !
INTRODUCTION
Convince people that Britain in the Middle Ages is worth a visit! Could you get
them to …jump into the Time Machine and stop somewhere in Britain some time
around 1290 ? You must help them prepare their holiday because you’re the
best expert!
TASK
You are a tourist guide writer and designer. You have been asked to :
make a practical tourist guide about Medieval Britain (either on paper or on Word
pages)
make a poster to advertise for this guide
Your guide must:
make people WANT to organize their holidays in Britain in 1290, by showing them
what they’ll be able to see, to visit, to experience…
give them practical help as to the planning of their trip
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Here are the different sections of your book:
A. Sight-seeing in Britain c. 1290
What is there to see, to visit?
1. Castles
map of Britain with the most important castles
plan/drawing of a typical castle, with its different parts
short description of a few real castles (where it is, who built it, when, why…) with a
photograph
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle/castl_fm.html
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm
http://kevin.lps.org/Middle_ages/castles/default.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/4051/goutside.htm
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/
http://www.castlewales.com/castles.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/castle_features.htm
http://www.castlewales.com/home.html
2. Cities
a map of the British Isles at the time , with the main cities. (be careful! Check to see
if they existed in the Middle Ages!)
focus on two cities: plan, sights, history
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_towns.htm
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Townlife.htm
3. Churches and cathedrals
plan of a typical cathedral, with its different parts
focus on two cathedrals : where they are, when they were built…+ photos
http://www.britannia.com/history/cathmap.html
http://www.britannia.com/church/cath.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/Where_to_go_in_Britain/Cathedrals/Cathedrals1.ht
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http://historymedren.about.com/cs/gettingstarted/a/welcome.htm
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B. Entertainment
Write an article about feasts
Find a picture of a tournament and describe it.
Write an article about hunting and falconry
Find a medieval poem
http://www.regia.org/feasting.htm ,
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle/inf_tour.html
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle/times.cfm
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle/mews.html http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle/inf_kenn.html
http://www.castles.org/kids/hunting_and_hawking.htm
http://www.castles.org/kids/the_feast.htm
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
C. Practical tips
1. where to stay
write an advert for one or two inns
www.aef.com/.../ development_of_advertising.html
www.britannia.com/.../londonhistory/ lon-pal1.html.
2. what to eat
write a gastronomic review: compare three inns as far as food is
concerned.
Give a few typical medieval recipes
http://www.bitwise.net/~ken-bill/med-p1.htm
http://www.godecookery.com/godebook/godebook.htm
http://www.regia.org/food.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/food_and_drink_in_medieval_engla.htm
3. what souvenirs to bring back to the twenty- first century…
selection of a few typically medieval objects, clothes,
weapons…with pictures and prices of course!
http://www.regia.org/edgar.htm
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html
http://www.virtue.to/articles/
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Medieval/Medieval_Clothing/
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Medieval/Medieval_Weapons/
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other useful sites:
in French: http://www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/france/cultures/GB_FR/sommaire.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/weekly/aa020399.htm?once=true&
http://www.nwlink.com/~badger/clipart.html
cliparts: http://members.easyspace.com/Brig/mca/clips.html
Cette page, à l’origine un document Word, contient des commentaires d’aides pour les élèves qui ne
seront pas visibles sur ce document pdf.
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