Medieval Unit Outline
Objectives (Big Ideas):
What are the key historical events of the medieval period?
What are the major elements of medieval life and culture?
What is the role of the Medieval Church?
How has Chaucer impacted English literature?
How are the values, attitudes, and issues of the medieval period reflected in the literary works from that time?
Text Readings:
The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (pg. 57)
Bonny Barbara Allan (pg 108)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (pg. 96)
Key People/events/concepts:
Normans chivalry Thomas a Becket War of the Roses
feudalism Domesday Book
Romance Chaucer
Literary Terms:
ballad irony
ballad stanza heroic couplet
irony foil
narrative bob and wheel
refrain satire
Objectives (Big Ideas):
What are the key historical events of the medieval period?
What are the major elements of medieval life and culture?
What is the role of the Medieval Church?
How has Chaucer impacted English literature?
How are the values, attitudes, and issues of the medieval period reflected in the literary works from that time?
Text Readings:
The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (pg. 57)
Bonny Barbara Allan (pg 108)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (pg. 96)
Key People/events/concepts:
Normans chivalry Thomas a Becket War of the Roses
feudalism Domesday Book
Romance Chaucer
Literary Terms:
ballad irony
ballad stanza heroic couplet
irony foil
narrative bob and wheel
refrain satire