Introduction

The purpose of this Web page is to give you a sampling of the clothing, music, dance, and food (basically all the important things in life) of Medieval Europe. To get you out of my hair for a while, I'm sending you on a virtual tour of Medieval Europe. While you're there, each of the activities will ask you to make a personal commitment to what you like, believe, or feel. Really try to find things that you can connect with. Good luck and have fun!

Since you'll end up back in class at the end of the tour, you better open a word processing document or get some paper out and answer the questions for each site so you can get a grade!

Internet Activities

Kingdomality Medieval Career Finder

1. I know who you are now, but who would you have been then?
2. Read and follow the directions for completing the medieval career finder.
3. Which role in Medieval Europe was chosen for you? How Do you feel about it? Describe the parts of the personality description that sound most like you.

13th Century Costume History

1. Now that you've figured out who you are...what to wear?
2. Scan this page of 13th Century clothing. Click to enlarge the clothes you find most to your liking.
3. Describe the clothes and why you chose them.

15th Century Costume History

1. Scan this page of 15th Century clothing.
2. Click to enlarge the clothes you find most to your liking.
3. Describe the clothes and why you chose them.

Medieval Music

1. Now that you're dressed, how about some tunes?
2. Click on each song and then select 'Open this file from its present location.' in the dialoque box.
3. List the song you liked best and its composer. Why did you like this song the best?

15th Century Dance: Branle Simple

1. What's music without a little dancing?
2. Click the 'play' button after the video has loaded. It takes a few minutes.
3. How is the Branle Simple similar and different from your generation's dance?

Virtual Tour of Raglan Castle

1. Had enough for the day? Check out your accomodations for the evening.
2. Read through the background information on Raglan Castle and use the imagemap to tour through the castle
3. Summarize your three favorite locations and describe why you liked them.

Conclusion

While on this virtual tour of Medieval Europe, I hope you've had fun, learned, and most importantly connected with some part of this topic. If you did not, please go back and explore some of the links and look deeper inside yourself.

Remember the 'you'll be back in class and better get a piece of paper out' warning? Well here you are and here's the last question you need to answer: Explain how you feel more interested in or connected to the topic of Medieval Europe now than before you took this tour.