Français 3: Everyone: 10-15 minutes of practice with the medieval unit vocabulary (usual verification required). IF YOU MISSED CLASS TODAY: You missed note taking and information about our historic topics. To make up for that, I need you to, first, watch this 11-minute video. It is about The Battle of Hastings, and William the Conqueror. Write down the answers to these questions:
1A.-- What is the name of the long embroidered cloth they talk about at the beginning?
1B -- What does it tell the story of?
1C-- Who was Edward the Confessor? (Briefly)
2-- What was William the Conqueror's brother's name?
3-- What year was the Battle of Hastings?
4-- What country were the Saxons from?
5-- How was William related to Edward the Confessor?
6-- What body of water did William cross, to get to Hastings?
7 -- What part of France was William from?
8-- Are the Vikings mentioned in this short video?
9-- What is a theign?
10-- Who fought on horseback?
11-- Who used arrows?
THEN: Watch this 4-minute video, that is an animated version of the Bayeux Tapestry.
1-- Look for the scene where someone vomits green stuff .... what is he riding in when that happens?
2-- look for the episodes of blood pooling.... besides men, who/what else is shown bleeding in the video? 3-- What language are the commentaries written in (that you actually see at the top of the cloth)?
FINALLY: Watch this 4-minute video.
1-- What is it telling about?
2-- What length in meters is the cloth?
3-- What land was William the Duke of?
4-- What kind of thing is depicted 731 times (something that was part of the tapestry)?
5-- Do we see a real person with a sword, or only people in the tapestry?
6-- What song's music is the video set to?
7-- What is your favorite part of the video?