Beowulfs Burial

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Beowulfs Burial
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Goal

• You and your partner are members of an
  archaeological team trying to establish links
  between the Sutton Hoo burial site and the burial
  of our fabled king, Beowulf.
• Via PowerPoint, you will reconstruct the Sutton
  Hoo barrow with links to the text of Beowulf.

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Audience

• Your audience for this task is a group of
  investors and archaeologists interested in
  creating a monument to the king entombed at
  Sutton Hoo if he is, in fact, Beowulf. You are
  trying to convince them that the Sutton Hoo
  barrow is actually Beowulfs.

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Standards for Success

• Eulogy offers a summary of Beowulfs life and is
  written in the style of Anglo-Saxon poetry (Ten
  points possible)
• Grave layout includes interesting visual
  representation, placement of artifacts
  surrounding the remains, and hyperlinks to
  specific artifact slides. (Ten Points possible)

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Standards for Success

• Artifact slides contain photos or illustrations
  and descriptions of the objects. Also include
  how they were used in Anglo-Saxon culture, how
  they might have been used by Beowulf in the story
  and how they came to be in his possession. (5
  points for each slide)
• The final slide contains a written statement
  explaining why you believe this to be the true
  Beowulf and how you account for the differences
  between the poem and what you have found. (10
  points possible)

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Procedures

• Read from this list of sources about Sutton Hoo
  and Beowulf. Cut and paste the address into your
  web browser.
• http//www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf
  .html
• http//historymedren.miningco.com/library/blbeofac
  ts.htm
• http//csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs4a/sutton.htm
• Encyclopedias (online and printed)

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Eulogy

• It should summarize and celebrate the heros
  life, but also be written in the Anglo-Saxon
  style. Add a background and use a font
  appropriate to the setting.

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Ode to Beowulf
Beowulf boldly battled through life. Far and
wide we have wondered at his prowess, but on this
his dark-day I will sing, I will celebrate, I
will tell of it once more He
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Grave Layout/Map

• Build a layout of the burial site
• Use a background.
• Include a visual representation of how things
  were found (you can lift a picture from a website
  or use clip art).
• Add arrows and word boxes that indicate the
  placement of at least four artifacts in the tomb

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Crown found here
Helmet found here
Gold coins found here
Hrunting found here
Beowulfs Barrow Layout
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Artifact Slides

• Create artifact slides to place the four
  artifacts that you referred to in your grave
  layout. Be sure to include
• A picture of the artifact
• A a paragraph that describes it, its use, its
  connection to the poem, and how it came to be in
  Beowulfs possession
• At the bottom of each slide, type the words Back
  to the Grave

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Helmet (you will have 4 of these)

• Dlkj zdoif zdof jzdofj zdofjzdlgj zlclkvj
  ajker dagod sgkldfh dsfhg kdfh kdshfgkdg
  hskdghkzg

Back to Grave
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How to create hyperlinks

• Create hyperlinks from the grave layout to the
  artifact slides
• Highlight your text on the slide
• Right click over it
• Choose insert hyperlink

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Hyperlinking contd

• Select place in this document from the dialogue
  box and select the appropriate slide
• Go to each artifact slide and create hyperlinks
  back to the grave

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Conclusion

• Finally, write the conclusion paragraph and type
  in your names.
• Your conclusion should summarize your findings
  highlight the artifacts you found and how theyre
  connected to Beowulf.
• Write persuasively so to convince the investors
  interested in giving you money if this is indeed
  Beowulfs tomb.

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Conclusion

• My partner and I firmly believe that the Sutton
  Hoo burial site is in fact the burial site and
  barrow of Beowulf. We base our conclusion on the
  following facts.

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Final Procedures

• Save the presentation to your i-drive or to a
  flash drive or floppy (preferably both)
• Print out your slides and turn them in.
• Due Wednesday, May 23rd by the end of the period.