Beowulf & AngloSaxon Culture

Webquest
Periods 1, 6, & 7

Directions
1. Open a Google Doc, Title it:
Last Name, Period ____ ELA Beowulf Webquest
Share with ccary@pjphs.org
2. Be sure to answer all sections of the Webquest
3. Use the links to answer the questions.
4. Please write out the question or what you should be
doing for the assigned task.
5. You may work with a partner but you should submit
your own individual work

Step 1: Investigate the Manuscript

Read about the history of the manuscript
http://www.awesomestories.
com/flicks/beowulf-grendel/source-of-thestory and make a list of 5 important
historical facts about the Beowulf
manuscript, where it is, how it got
there, what it is LIKE. (in other words,
DESCRIBE the manuscript)

Step 2: Anglo-Saxon Culture

Explore the websites on culture. Imagine
yourself living in this culture.
1. Write a description of what your typical life
would be like in the Anglo-Saxon time period.
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/anglosaxon_life.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_G8VYGBpN4E
2. Describe your clothing, your food, and how
you spend your time if you are a woman or a
man.
http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.
kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/culture/dress.
html

Step 3: Houses & Halls

Go to the following website:http:
//primaryhomeworkhelp.co.
uk/saxons/houses.htm

What happened to many of the towns

set up by the Romans?What materials
were homes constructed from?
Describe how the houses were set up.
Who lived in the Hall (mead hall)?
Describe the set-up and atmosphere
of a mead hall.

Step 4: Beowulf Characters

The Characters of Beowulf Read about
The Geats, The Danes, and Grendel.
http://csis.pace.
edu/grendel/projs991f/geats.html
http://www.historyfiles.co.
uk/KingListsEurope/ScandinaviaDenma
rk.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendel
In complete sentences, identify each
group/person