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2nd Semester

Monday August 25th- Friday August 29th

Due THIS lab day: Typed response to differences between England and America and the reading of Anglo-Saxon history, (pages 1-9). Please bring your book with you. 

In-Class: Test on pages 1-9 of Anglo-Saxon history. We will then have a brief discussion of the history and then begin looking at the story of Beowulf. Please have your book in class as you will need it to read and follow along with the stories. The piece we will be reading is only an "excerpt", meaning just a short section of Beowulf. Many of the stories from the Prentice Hall book are just pieces (often times just the best parts!), thus most of the time we never complete any works. We will also examine a Led Zeppelin song that discusses the Viking invasions.

Assignments: Look at the links below regarding Paganism versus Christianity. TYPE up a 2-page report that highlights the differences between the two beliefs.  This will be due NEXT lab day. Complete the reading of Beowulf by next lab day also.  There will be a test on the entire reading so please be prepared. Due on NEXT Lab Day. Reading of Beowulf and report on paganism vs. christianity. 

 To see an example of a student-made, satirical version of Beowulf, click here. And here's another one. For a serious version, click here. Want to see the SpongeBob version?

Links: http://www.britannia.com/church/bond3.html (Explains how Celtic and Roman Christianity are different).

         http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/texts/demise.html

          http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_intr.htm

         Early Ireland

        The Official Stonehenge Web Site

Information: The Celts were a group of peoples that occupied lands stretching from the British Isles to Gallatia. The Celts had many dealings with other cultures that bordered the lands occupied by these peoples, and even though there is no written record of the Celts stemming from their own documents, we can piece together a fair picture of them from archeological evidence as well as historical accounts from other cultures.

In exactly the same way as hunters do with their skulls of the animals they have slain...they preserved the heads of their most high-ranking victims in cedar oil, keeping them carefully in wooden boxes.