One-Minute Anglo-Norman Video

Title

One-Minute Anglo-Norman Video

Creator

Kisha G. Tracy, Fitchburg State University

Instructions

  • Select one of the topics below.
    • Select your topic and claim by posting a Discussion Post on this page. NOTE: read the others that have been selected before you claim your own. Do not double up. First come, first serve.
  • Research this topic (please complete the TEDEd assignment first; click here to access it)
  • With any device/program/app, create at least a one-minute video about your topic. This video should have the ability to be uploaded to YouTube.
  • Upload video to YouTube. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS HERE BEFORE UPLOADING.
    • You will need a Google account.
    • Once you are signed into your Google account, if you are unfamiliar with YouTube, click here for instructions on how to upload your video.
    • You may use the "Unlisted" privacy setting, so that only I may see your video.
    • NOTE: while uploading video, go to "Advanced Settings"; under "License and rights ownership," select Creative Commons (this will allow me create a compilation of all videos)
  • Email the link of your video.
  • Videos will be combined into one to create a complete lesson about the Anglo-Norman period.

Extras:
  • You may choose to be as creative (or not) with the video as you like.
  • It may simply be a video of you "lecturing" or you may choose a different method.
  • You may use any props or other visuals that you like (particularly if you know how to edit your video to include them).
  • If you are working on a topic split with another student, you may work together on your video (but it should be 2 minutes split equally between you).

Topic Choices: If there is a "2" next to the topic, two students may choose this topic, but should select two different approaches as outlined below.
  • Edward the Confessor (king of England)
  • Harold Godwinson (king of England - 2: Before becoming king and after becoming king)
  • Normandy (country)
  • William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy/king of England - 2: Normandy and England)
  • Harald Hardrada (king of Norway)
  • Battle of Hastings (2: Anglo-Saxon POV and Norman POV)
  • Bayeux Tapestry
  • English Channel (role in Norman invasion)
  • Westminster Abbey
  • Cult of the Virgin Mary
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine (queen of France/England - 2: France and England)
  • Henry II (king of England)
  • Courtly Love
  • Andreas Capellanus (author of rules of courtly love)
  • Chrétien de Troyes (author - 2: biography and writings)
  • Marie de Champagne (countess of France)
  • Marie de France (author - 2: biography and writings)
  • King Arthur (character)
  • Lancelot (character)
  • Guinevere (character)
  • Chevalier/Chevalerie (Knight/Chivalry)
  • Anglo-Norman (the language)

Outcomes

Activity Outcome
  • Students will be able to articulate the historical background to the Anglo-Norman culture.
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Relevant Course Outcome
  • Students will be able to identify and analyze the textual, historical, and cultural contexts of works of literature.

Notes

This exercise can be altered to fit any time period or subject.

Collection

Pandemic Pedagogy

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Citation

Kisha G. Tracy, Fitchburg State University, “One-Minute Anglo-Norman Video,” Teaching the Middle Ages in Higher Ed, accessed April 26, 2024, https://medievalhighered.omeka.net/items/show/6.