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Medieval Life

English II Presentation Project

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Estates of the Realm

  • Clergy
    • Priests, Monks, Friars, Nuns, etc.
  • Nobility
    • Lords and Ladies, Knights and Squires
  • Commoners
    • The other 97%
    • Includes everyone from peasants to wealthy merchants

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Guidelines

  1. Include at least TEN slides including a title page
  2. No font smaller than 18 or larger than 32 for titles
  3. Use roughly ½ pictures and ½ words - use contrast to make the text readable and the pictures clear
  4. Label or mention all images
  5. Use the highest quality sources ONLY
  6. DO NOT copy and paste text - use your summary skills
  7. Cite everything through links, including pictures
  8. Share the presentation with me as “lastname-medieval”
  9. Make the file viewable so I can share a folder
  10. DUE Friday at the beginning of class

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List of Topics

Food

Clothing

Money and Coinage

Crime and Punishment

Tournaments

Yeoman

Sanitation/Hygiene

Alcohol

Crusades

Pilgrimages

Science/Technology

Weapons

Knighthood

Courtly Love

English Cathedrals

Norman Castles

Tower of London

John Wycliffe

Black Death

Medicine

Guilds and Training

Games/Football

Magna Carta

Music

Theater

Domesday Book

Printing Press

Marriage

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FIRST HOUR:

  • Alexander - Food
  • Allen - Music
  • Austin - Food
  • Conti - Military Tech
  • DeWitt - Weapons
  • Fuller - Crusades
  • Harlow - Black Death
  • Mulhearn - Crime
  • Patel - Money
  • Roberson - Games/Football
  • Ryland - Clothing
  • Simmons - Medicine
  • Smith, C - Music
  • Smith, T - Alcohol
  • Traxler - Black Death
  • Vance - Medicine

SIXTH HOUR:

  • Austin - Medicine
  • Gregory - Weapons
  • Harrington - Tournaments
  • Hart - Tower of London
  • McGuffee - Cathedrals
  • McHugh - Knighthood
  • Morgan - Black Death
  • Nugent - Clothes
  • Sandifer - Science
  • Song - Music
  • Sutton - Crime
  • Tannehill - Crime

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