THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KING ARTHUR

Project for Senior English

Most of this information comes from a Webquest prepared by Danielle Wallace.

Introduction

I bid thee all welcome! Join me on this quest for knowledge as we learn together the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. Seek the truth and seek wisely, gather your information faithfully and carefully quest for truth.

PowerPoint

Ye shall teach! You shall become the teacher by sharing your PowerPoint presentation with your classmates. This means you will have a topic, do research on your topic, relay that information into a PowerPoint using both text and images, and present your PowerPoint to your classmates (and your teacher, or course).

Use your time wisely. You will have four class periods to complete your assignment.

Suggested Sites

http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/roundtable.html

http://kingarthursknights.ocm/default.asp

http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html

Process

After getting your topic, gather information and images related to your topic. HAVE A URL FOR ALL IMAGES AND TEXT. The URL will begin with http://www. Don’t forget to include these references on your PowerPoint .

Presentations should be approximately 3 minutes in length. Also, please print one page or graphic from your presentation to add to the bulletin board in the classroom.

Evaluation Rubric Score

Work Ethic Uses class time wisely. 15

Gathers evidence that is appropriate to the topic

URLs are present for all images and text. 10

Prepares a PowerPoint that is inviting and interesting to view

Background is appropriate for the slide and the font is easy to read. Limit the number of backgrounds and avoid font changes.

25

Observes spelling, mechanics, grammar, and other conventions of written language

Presentation has an introduction, body, and clear conclusion. Mechanics and usage are without errors.

25

Presents information clearly and with confidence

Student is able to clearly pronounce all words used in he/her presentation. Prepared—doesn’t just read off of the screen.

10

Reviews information presented

Student prepares 5 questions to ask fellow classmates at the end of the presentation.

15

Conclusion

I bid thee farewell! Yet before you follow King Arthur into the mists of Avalon, I request that you do one last task on your quest for knowledge. You are to make a quiz of no more than 5 questions related to your topic. Include this as 1 slide of your PowerPoint. Ask your classmates these questions at the end of your presentation.

ExamplePowerPoint from a student in another class, town, state.

Sir Lancelot

Kaitie BottomsEnglish 41-18-12

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Lancelot

Lancelot is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian Legend. He is the most trusted of King Arthur’s knights and plays a part in many of Arthur's victories. He is perhaps most famous for being intimate with Arthur's wife, Guinevere, and the role he plays in the search for the Holy Grail.Lancelot's life and adventures are featured in several Medieval romances, often with conflicting back stories and chains of events. His first appearance as a main character is in Chretien de Troyes’ Le Chevalier de la Charette, or "Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart", dating from the 12th century. In the 13th century, he figures prominently in the lengthy Vulgate Cycle, with the majority of his more famous exploits occurring in the section known as the Prose Lancelot.

Sir Lancelot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot

Lancelot may have instead been the

hero of an independent folk-tale which

had contact with and was ultimately

absorbed into the Arthurian tradition:

the theft of an infant by a water-fairy,

the appearance of the hero at a

tournament on three consecutive days

in three different disguises, and the

rescue of a queen or princess from an

Other-World prison are all features of a

well-known and widespread tale,

variants of which is found in almost

every land, and numerous examples of

which have been collected by

Emmanuel Cosquin, in his Contes

Lorrain's, and by J.F. Campbell, in his

Tales of the West Highlands. Lancelot

was said to have coal black hair, tanned

skin and a handsome face.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot

Lancelot and Guinevere

Lancelot, the father of Galahad.

Birth and childhoodLancelot (father of Galahad ) is the son of King Ban of Benwick (or Benoic) and Elaine. While Lancelot is an infant, his father is driven from his kingdom, seen in Britain, by his enemy Claudas de la Deserte. Ban and Elaine flee, carrying the child with them. As Elaine is tending to her wounded husband, Lancelot is carried off by the Lady of the Lake, who raises the child in her magical kingdom. It is from this upbringing that Lancelot earns the surname, du lac (English: "of the lake").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot

Early adventuresEarly in Lancelot's career, he faces the Dolorous Guard. After setting out for adventure, Lancelot comes across a castle guarded by the Copper Knight. To overcome this challenge, Lancelot must battle ten knights at the first wall, ten knights at the second wall, and finally the Copper Knight himself. However, after defeating many more than twenty knights (with the aid of his foster mother, the Lady of the Lake), he discovers that the Copper Knight has fled. The townspeople lead Lancelot to a cemetery, where he finds a metal slab stating that only one knight can lift the slab and that this knight's name is written beneath the slab. Lancelot (who has heretofore been known as simply the "White Knight") is able to lift it and discovers that his name is, in fact, Lancelot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot

The movie Excalibur shows Lancelot

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Lancelot is both the greatest and the

worst of the knights at the court of

King Arthur. Lancelot is the son of

King Ban of Benwick, and he is known

as Lancelot of the Lake or Lancelot du

Lac as he was raised by the Lady of

the Lake. He does all sorts of good

deeds, including rescuing Queen

Guinevere from Meleagant, an

unsuccessful quest for the Holy Grail

and the rescue of the queen after she

is condemned to be burned to death

for adultery with, ironically, Lancelot.

http://www.legendofkingarthur.co.uk/arthurs-knights/sir-lancelot.htm

Knight of King Arthur

Sir Lancelot (Sir Launcelot) of the Lake

Sir Lancelot is known as both the greatest and the worst of the knights at the Court of King Arthur. Lancelot is known as Lancelot of the Lake (or Lancelot du Lac) because he was raised by Vivien, the Lady of the Lake. He carries out various good deeds, including rescuing Queen Guinevere from Meleagant, an unsuccessful quest for the Holy Grail and the rescue of Guinevere after she is condemned to be burned to death for adultery with him..Some background on Lancelot’s genealogy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot

After the queen's death, Lancelot and his fellow knights escort her body to be interred beside King Arthur (it was in the same place that Gawain's skull was kept). Lancelot, distraught for the loss of his beloved king and queen, begins to fail. In fact, even before this time, Le Morte D' Arthur states that he had lost a cubit of height due to his penitent fastings and prayers. Six weeks after the death of the queen, Lancelot dies. It is implied that he wished to be buried beside the king and queen; however, because he had some time before made a vow to be buried at Joyous Gard, he asks that he be buried there so as not to break his word.According to Le Morte D'Arthur, after Lancelot's death, the eight knights of his kindred that had joined him in living a life of penitence return to France, take care of the affairs of their lands, then, acting on Lancelot's request of them, go to the Holy Land and fight against the Turks. There they died on Good Friday, fighting against the Moors.

Later years and death

Was there really a Sir

Lancelot?

What was Sir Lancelot

famous for?

When did Sir Lancelot’s

knights die and why?

What is Sir Lancelot also

known as, who was he raised

by?

Questions for after the PowerPoint

Who is King Ban?