1. As you walk in…
Have on your desk…
Literature book
Writing utensil

2. Literary Map of The British Isles

3. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Canterbury, England
From the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

4. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Haworth, England
Where the Brontë sisters are from.
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights

5. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Dunsinane, Scotland
Where Shakespeare set MacBeth

6. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Grasmere, England
Home of Wordsworth

7. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Home of Shakespeare

8. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Doneraile, Ireland
Home of Spenser

9. Timeline- Literature 750– When Beowulf was probably composed.
1000– Surviving Beowulf written out by monks.
1375– Sir Gaiwan and the Green Knight is composed.
1387– Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales.

10. Timeline- Literature 750– When Beowulf was probably composed. Riddles
Mead halls
Scops

11. Anglo-Saxon Riddle Anglo Saxon riddle
My home is not quiet but I am not loud. The lord has meant us to journey together. I am faster than he and sometimes stronger, But he keeps on going for longer. Sometimes I rest but he runs on. For as long as I am alive I live in him. If we part from one another It is I who will die.

12. Anglo-Saxon Riddle Anglo Saxon riddle
My home is not quiet but I am not loud. The lord has meant us to journey together. I am faster than he and sometimes stronger, But he keeps on going for longer. Sometimes I rest but he runs on. For as long as I am alive I live in him. If we part from one another It is I who will die.
A fish in the river!

13. Anglo-Saxon Riddle Anglo Saxon riddle
When I am alive I do not speak. Anyone who wants to takes me captive and cuts off my head. They bite my bare body I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first. Then I soon make them cry.

14. Anglo-Saxon Riddle Anglo Saxon riddle
When I am alive I do not speak. Anyone who wants to takes me captive and cuts off my head. They bite my bare body I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first. Then I soon make them cry.
An onion!

15. Timeline- Literature 750– When Beowulf was probably composed.
1000– Surviving Beowulf written out by monks.
1375– Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is composed.
1387– Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales.

16. Timeline- Events 449– Date of Anglo-Saxon invasion.
597– Christianity begins to spread
among the Anglo Saxons.
793– Vikings begin first of
many raids on the Anglo Saxons.
1166– Henry II declares judge-and-jury system throughout England.

17. Timeline- Events 1215– King John signs the Magna Carta.
1282– England conquers Wales.
1337– 100 year war begins with France.
1430– Modern English develops from Middle English.
1477– First book published
at printing press by Caxton.

18. Beowulf

19. Beowulf- Introduction
Europe enters chaotic period of political unrest and economic and cultural decline.
The tribes, Angles, Saxons, and
Jutes, settled on the island of
Britain.
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes = Anglo-Saxon Civilization
Beowulf takes place in Europe between the Danes (Denmark) and Geats (Sweden).

20. Beowulf-Introduction
We do not know the author.
Beowulf is a great warrior who crosses the sea to aid the Danes (Denmark) and later returns to Sweden to succeed his uncle Hygelac’s throne.
The people in the story are not Christian yet.

21. Beowulf- Introduction
What did these people do for fun?
They would gather in huge mead halls, large wooden buildings, where they feasted, drank mead (alcohol), and told stories.
The stories were
told by scops, and
the stories were
told as epic poetry.

22. Beowulf- Introduction
Hey Beowulf!

23. Journal- 1 page
What is courage? How do most people define courage?

24. Reminder
Bring your literature book and study guide to class every day this week.