Mrs. Pieczynski. Imagine you are living in Staffordshire, London, digging up a section of your back yard to plant a garden and your shovel strikes something.

Mrs. Pieczynski

Staffordshire Discovery

Imagine you are living in Staffordshire, London, digging up a section of your back yard to plant a garden and your shovel strikes something metallic…

Introduction

In July 2009, Terry Herbert, a metal detector enthusiast decided to try his luck in farmland close to his home in Hammerwich parish, near Lichfield in Staffordshire.

The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found, anywhere in the world!

Introduction

This web quest will examine life during the Anglo-Saxon times (449-1066)in order to give you a better understanding of the culture and history before reading the literature.

Objective

Select one of the artifacts from the Staffordshire Hoard to begin your journey.

Click the picture (on this PowerPoint) to find out more about this object. Your picture will also lead you to a TOPIC that your group will present.

Divide this TOPIC into smaller SUBTOPICS. Each student will present at least TWO slides about this subtopic. Someone can present your ARTIFACT (one slide

describing what it looks like and one slide describing what it was used for).

The remaining group members will cover the cultural TOPIC points. (2 slides per person)

Directions

20 points (1 slide per student about your assigned subtopic)

20 points (5 X 5 and a picture on each slide)10 points (Explain your slide, don’t read from

it…)Works Cited Slide ONLY if you use

information not linked from my power point.

Your Grade-50 points

Group 1-Folded Cross & Sutton Hoo

Group 2-Pectoral Cross & Beowulf Poem

Group 3-Zoomorphic Mount & Housing

Group 4-Biblical Inscription & Religion

Group 5-Millefiore Stud & Fashion

Group 6- Helmet Cheek Piece & Invasions (Britons, Saxons, Romans, etc)

Group 7-Stylised Seahorse & People

Group 8-Sword Pyramid & King Arthur

Group 9-Seax Hilt Plate & Activities

By the end of your journey, you should have a better understanding of the culture of the Anglo-Saxons, who lived more than 1000 years ago.

As we study works of literature like the Anglo-Saxon riddles, The Seafarer, and Beowulf, be sure to identify the cultural and historical values you have learned in this activity.

Conclusion