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Middle Ages Webquest Created by: Sixth Grade Gifted Cluster |
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Middle Ages Webquest Created by: Sixth Grade Gifted Cluster |
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Introduction
Students you are
having a mystical dream that takes you back to medieval times. In order to
awake from this dream you must complete the tasks. If you fail to complete
these tasks the fate of your existence will only be torture.
Task
Working in groups of four research the Middle Ages. Each member of your group is responsible for researching their job. The choices are Doctor, Chef, People, and Torture Expert.
Process
Doctor-You
are a doctors apprentice and the doctor is going into surgery and has misplaced
the recipe for anesthetic. Your job is to find the recipe and write it
down. When finished complete a Quiz and include two facts you learned.
Chef-Chefs in the middle ages had
major responsibility. Not only did they have to cook all the food, but they had
to tend the fire which had to be blazing to cook the meat, preserve the food
during the winter, and taste the food for poison so that the king would not get
sick. Your task as a medieval cook, is to find the recipes to six dishes and
form a recipe book. You must also draw a model of how the table would be set up
at a medieval feast.
People-Your task as the towns watchman is to write a book on the importance of each town member. Every person in the town was depended on to help improve life in the middle ages. The book will include their importance, what they did, and an interesting fact. There should be a sketch and paragraph on each person. The following people should be included: King, Knight, Bishops, Servants, Merchants and Minstrels.
Torture Expert-Write a
paragraph about the following three types of torture: the wheel, crucifixion,
and the garotte. Draw a picture of each one with detail and color.
Resources
For each job you will use a website for your information. Here are some websites:
| Doctor's Apprentice | Anesthetic |
| Quiz | |
| Torture expert | Torture Resources |
| People | Townspeople |
| People | |
| Chef | Recipes |
| Table Setup |
Evaluation
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Product is not neat | Product is somewhat neat with good spacing | Product is adequately neat with good spacing | Product is very neat with good spacing | Product is extremely neat with great spacing |
| Product is not complete | Product is mostly complete | Product is complete | Product is complete and shows some extra effort to include some details | Product is complete and shows much extra effort to include many details |
| Product has many inaccuracies (mistakes) | Product has some inaccuracies | Product has few inaccuracies | Product has 1 or 2 inaccuracies | Product has no inaccuracies |
Conclusion
Congratulations! You have completed your task. Take this knowledge of the Middle Ages with you until the end of time.