Song of Roland Lesson Plan

Discussion: Heroism in the Christian Middle Ages

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will explore the historical and literary background behind the text.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, the teacher should have students watch the following video as a class:

1. Song of Roland: A Lecture by Dr. Richard Smith, 20:00 - END

After finishing the video, the teacher should then hand out a worksheet with the following questions to each of the students, and then break them up into groups so that they can work together to answer them.

1. What was the ancient Germanic warrior ethos? What kinds of values...