Procedure and Resources for Save Recordia

 

A group or an entire class may complete this WebQuest. (An individual could complete it, but I suggest you work cooperatively.) Your group must decide how it will work together to complete the WebQuest. You must decide how your final report will be organized. You will receive extra points if you create documents on the computer. Points will be awarded for using interesting font styles and colors, and for inserting pictures or sounds into your report.

 

You must complete the four challenges listed below. Your completed WebQuest report should include the following:

  1. All group members will contribute to journal that contains the following:

·        A title page that includes the names of each group member.

·        An introduction that states the main ideas, themes, or topics to be discussed in your project.

·        Paragraphs that describe instruments that are related to the recorder.

·        Details of your spice-trading voyage.

·        A report on food that includes foods brought from the New World and a few recipes.

·        Paragraphs that describe some of the leisure time activities and pass times enjoyed by people or the period.

·        A summary that restates what your group has done and how your group feels about the WebQuest.

 

  1. An original model or artwork of a castle that includes a description of each area and how the area is used.

 

  1. A written copy of a recorder composition in the style of period studied.

 

  1. An original work of art in the style of historical tapestries that shows your favorite parts of the WebQuest.

 

A Special Note from the King

 

Good Heroes,

 

Before you accept Cacophony’s challenges, click the “HELP” links and print out the study guides I have provided. This is all I may do to help you. The rest is up to you. Good luck.

 

          Ostinato the Magnificent

King of Recordia

Help Link #1
Help Link #2

 

 

 

Cacophony's Four Challenges

 

The Recorder Challenge

1.      Browse the Medieval and Renaissance instruments. Choose three instruments to study. Choose instruments that could be related to the recorder. Read about the instruments and listen to their sounds. In your journal, write a paragraph to explain how the instruments you chose could be related to the recorder. Tell why you choose those instruments. "Capture" a picture of your instruments to insert in your document. Extra points will be awarded if you "capture" an image of "Original notation of a song from the Renaissance”, or if you "capture" artwork that shows people playing the recorder in historical times. A special bonus will be added if you discover and write the definition of a Fipple Flute.

Listen to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments

Learn about the Recorder

The Amazing Recorder

Learn about Medieval Instruments

Recorder Listening Page

 

2.      Listen to examples of music by famous composers of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Write a simple melody for the recorder in the style of these historical composers. Your final piece must be written with notes on staff paper. Your composition should have a title. Extra points will be awarded for using music software such as Print Music. Some of the popular composers of the period were: Josquin Desprez (c.1440-1521) Giovanni Palestrina (c.1525-94) William Byrd (1543-1623) Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Henry Purcell (1659-95).

Classical Archives Timeline

 

 

The Spice Challenge

1.      Take a voyage as a spice trader. Keep a journal of your voyage. Keep track of the places you visit. Keep a record of the goods you trade and what you receive for them. Keep a record of your revenues, expenses, and total profit/loss. Describe your success or failure.

Become a Spice Trader

2.      When you return to Portugal, visit Tudor England and investigate how the people use the spices you brought back. Enter the findings into your journal. Report on the foods brought from the New World. Retell some of the favorite recipes.

Tudor History Food Page

 

 

The Castle Challenge

1.      Tour some of the castles. Study the important areas of a typical castle. Design and create a model or draw a picture of a castle. Your design should include all of the important areas that you studied. Use your imagination. Remember it's your castle; you can add rooms that were not included in typical castles. If you add any rooms, include a name for the room and a description of its use. Points will be awarded for creativity of design, neatness, material used, and inventive ideas.

Visit Kid's Castle

Visit Castles in Great Britain

2.      Study some of the leisure activities and passtimes enjoyed by Tudor people. Choose some of the activities that interest you and write a paragraph or two in your journal that describes the activities. "Capture" images that match the activities that you chose and include these with your journal.

Learn About How People Filled their Time

Learn about Hobbies

Learn About Sports in Elizabethan England

Learn about Popular Amusements and Entertainment in the 16th Century

 

 

The Tapestry Challenge

  1. Tapestries in the middle ages were much more than decoration. Study the information about tapestries. Study the images of famous historical tapestries.
  2. Create a work of art in the style of a historical tapestry. Select some of your favorite highlights from the challenges above to use in the tapestry artwork. You may choose to show scenes from your spice voyage, instruments being played, or scenes from castle life. Use your imagination and creativity. You may use any materials you find – cloth, burlap, wool, felt, poster board, paper, paint, pastels, crayons, etc.

Learn About Tapestries In Elizabethan England

View a Famous Tapestry from the Middle Ages

Learn about the History of Tapestries

 

 

 

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