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The Shaping of the English Language:
Britannia first through eleventh centuries
a 7th grade Pathfinder
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HISTORY OF ENGLISH - SIX GROUP PROJECTS - Choose one
You are a
Roman soldier who was sent to Britannia a year ago by the Emperor of Rome. You
have become quite homesick and decide to write a letter to your uncle, Octavius,
who lives back in Rome. In your letter address the following things:
1.
What has happened in Britannia during the last year?
How has your life changed?
2.
What are the Celts like? What does their language
sound like? What do their homes look like? Describe some of their artwork.
3.
What do you miss about Rome? How is Britannia
different than Rome?
4.
Draw some pictures to include in the letter. Show
some of the ways the Roman army has helped “civilize” the Celts. Draw a
landscape of Britannia. Help Octavius understand how different Britannia is
from Rome.
You are a
Celtic chieftain/warrior. Your lands have been invaded by Roman soldiers who are
trying to take over your country. Since you do not have a written language, you
express your thoughts and emotions through music and art. Draw pictures of the
following:
1.
A Roman soldier in full military dress with weapons
2.
A landscape of your beautiful homeland (Britannia)
and a picture of your own home and family
3.
A battle plan where you hope to defeat the Romans
and send them back to Rome.
4.
What your alphabet might look like if you had a
written language
You are an
Anglo, Saxon, or Jute who has agree to help King Vortigern defeat the Picts.
Describe your journey from Germania or Jutland to Britannia. (Be specific –
think of how difficult a journey it must have been – sleeping outside, eating on
the go, unpleasant weather, danger everywhere) Describe your impressions of King
Vortigern and his kingdom. Draw a map showing your route from Germania (or
Jutland) to King Vortigern’s kingdom. Use topographical features on your map as
well as some Anglo-Saxon words (at least one or two) to make your map look
authentic.
You are a
time traveler who has just arrived in England about five days before the Battle
of Hastings. What is King Harold doing? What language is being spoken? You want
to find a way to get into King Harold’s “inner circle” so that you have a first
hand experience. What do you do to make this happen? Describe your experiences
in detail. Draw pictures to elaborate and to take back with you so that you can
share the details with future time travelers. What have you heard from Harold’s
men about Duke William? Are people scared, angry, bored, etc?
You are a
time traveler who has just arrived in England five years after the Battle of
Hastings? What are things like in England? Tell about the lives of the French
Nobles and English Peasants. How are their lives different? How are their
languages different? Draw pictures that show a daily scene in the life of an
English Peasant. Also draw pictures that show a daily scene in the life of a
French Noble.
You are an
archeologist. Your team has uncovered the ancient diaries of King Vortigern,
King Harold, and Duke William. Your group needs to compose (create, write) those
three diaries as you imagine they would have been written. Be creative but also
historically accurate. Each diary must have a minimum of ten entries from ten
different days of the owner’s life. Three rulers – three diaries. Try to make
the diaries look and sound authentic.
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Books and Magazines
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| Roman soldiers
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| [ Book ] 355
MAT Matthews, Rupert.
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| Published 1990 |
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| A Roman fort
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| [ Book ] 355.7
MAC Macdonald, Fiona.
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| Published 1993 |
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| Roman forts
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| [ Book ] 355.7
MUL Mulvihill, Margaret. |
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| Published 1990 |
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| Why do you speak as you
do? : a guide to world languages |
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| [ Book ] 400
COO Cooper, Kay. |
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| Published 1992 |
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| The journey of English
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| [ Book ] 420
BRO Brook, Donna, 1944-
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| Published 1998 |
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| The Dark Ages
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| [ Book ] 909.07
GRE Gregory, Tony, 1948- |
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| Published 1993 |
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| The early Middle Ages.
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| [ Book ] 909.1
EAR |
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| Published 1990 |
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| The master builders
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| [ Book ] 930.1
WIL Wilkinson, Philip. |
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| Published 1994 |
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| Prehistoric and ancient
Europe. |
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| [ Book ] 936
PRE |
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| Published 1989 |
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| Myths and civilization of
the Celts |
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| [ Book ] 936.4
MAR Martell, Hazel Martell. |
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| Published 1999 |
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| What do we know about the
Celts? |
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| [ Book ] 936.4
MAR Martell, Hazel.
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| Published 1993 |
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| The Celts
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| [ Book ] 936.4
PLA Place, Robin. |
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| Published 1977 |
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| The Roman army
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| [ Book ] 937
CON Connolly, Peter.
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| Published 1975 |
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| Ancient Rome
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| [ Book ] 937 COR
Corbishley, Mike. |
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| Published 1989 |
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| The Roman world
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| [ Book ] 937 COR
Corbishley, Mike. |
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| Published 1986 |
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| The Romans
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| [ Book ] 937 COR
Corbishley, Mike. |
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| Published 1983 |
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| How would you survive as
an ancient Roman? |
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| [ Book ] 937 GAN
Ganeri, Anita, 1961- |
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| Published 1995 |
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| Imperial Rome
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| [ Book ] 937
HAD Hadas, Moses, 1900-1966. |
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| Published 1965 |
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| The ancient Romans
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| [ Book ] 937 HIN
Hinds, Kathryn, 1962- |
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| Published 1997 |
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| Ancient Rome
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| [ Book ] 937
JAM James, Simon. |
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| Published 1990 |
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| Ancient Rome
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| [ Book ] 937
JAM James, Simon. |
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| Published 1992 |
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| Myths and civilization of
the ancient Romans |
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| [ Book ] 937
MAL Malam, John. |
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| Published 1999 |
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| Life in ancient Rome
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| [ Book ] 937 NAR
Nardo, Don. |
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| Published 1997 |
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| The Romans
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| [ Book ] 937 ODI
Odijk, Pamela, 1942- |
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| Published 1989 |
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| What life was like when
Rome ruled the world : the Roman Empire, 100 BC-AD 200
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| [ Book ] 937 WHA
by the editors of Time-Life Books. |
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| Published 1997 |
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| Accelerated Reader® Level:
10.0 / 6.0 pts.
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| Augustus and Imperial
Rome |
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| [ Book ] 937.07
GRE Greenblatt, Miriam. |
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| Published 2000 |
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| Dark ages.
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| [ Book ] 940.1
ASI Asimov, Isaac. |
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| Published 1968 |
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| Barbarians, Christians,
and Muslims. |
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| [ Book ] 940.1
CAI Cairns, Trevor. |
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| Published 1971 |
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| The Roman Empire and the
Dark Ages |
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| [ Book ] 940.1
CAS Caselli, Giovanni, 1939- |
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| Published 1985 |
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| Barbarian Europe,
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| [ Book ] 940.1
SIM Simons, Gerald. |
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| Published 1968 |
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| Britain
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| [ Book ] 941 FUL
Fuller, Barbara. |
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| Published 2005 |
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| Britain
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| [ Book ] 941 FUL
Fuller, Barbara, 1961- |
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| Published 1994 |
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| The young Oxford history
of Britain & Ireland |
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| [ Book ] 941
YOU Mike Corbishley ... [et al.] ; general editor, Kenneth O.
Morgan. |
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| Published 1996 |
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| The Normans
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| [ Book ] 941.02
ROO Rooke, Patrick J. |
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| Published 1977 |
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| Scotland
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| [ Book ] 941.1
DEN Dendinger, Roger.
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| Published 2002 |
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| Accelerated Reader® Level:
9.7 / 3.0 pts.
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| Scotland
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| [ Book ] 941.1
LEV Levy, Patricia, 1951- |
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| Published 2001 |
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| The Republic of Ireland
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| [ Book ] 941.5
FRA Fradin, Dennis B. |
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| Published 1992 |
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| Ireland
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| [ Book ] 941.5
LEV Levy, Patricia.
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| Published 2004 |
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| Ireland
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| [ Book ] 941.5
LEV Levy, Patricia Marjorie, 1951- |
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| Published 1994 |
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| What life was like among
druids and high kings : Celtic Ireland, AD 400-1200
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| [ Book ] 941.501
WHA by the editors of Time-Life Books. |
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| Published 1998 |
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| Accelerated Reader® Level:
9.2 / 5.0 pts.
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| Ireland
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| [ Book ] 941.7
SPE Spencer, Shannon.
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| Published 2000 |
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| England : a primary
source cultural guide |
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| [ Book ] 942
FAI Faiella, Graham.
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| Published 2005 |
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| England
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| [ Book ] 942
LAC Lace, William W.
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| Published 1997 |
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| England
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| [ Book ] 942 LIS
Lister, Maree.
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| Published 2005 |
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| Hastings
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| [ Book ]
942.02 Sauvain, Philip Arthur. |
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| Published 1992 |
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| Wales
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| [ Book ] 942.9
SUT Sutherland, Dorothy B. |
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| Published 1987 |
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| Germany : a primary
source cultural guide |
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| [ Book ] 943
BYE Byers, Ann. |
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| Published 2005 |
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| Germany
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| [ Book ] 943 FUL
Fuller, Barbara, 1940- |
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| Published 1993 |
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| Germany
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| [ Book ] 943 FUL
Fuller, Barbara. |
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| Published 2004 |
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| Germany
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| [ Book ] 943 LOR
Lord, Richard. |
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| Published 1999 |
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| The Celts of Northern
Europe |
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| [ Book ] 948.004
HIN Hinds, Kathryn, 1962- |
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| Published 1997 |
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| The Kingfisher book of
the ancient world |
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| [ Book ] R 930
MAR Martell, Hazel.
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| Published 1995 |
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| The Visual dictionary of
ancient civilizations. |
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| [ Book ] R 930
VIS |
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| Published 1994 |
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| Handbook to life in
ancient Rome |
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| [ Book ] R 937
ADK Adkins, Lesley. |
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| Published 1994 |
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| Charlemagne
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| [ Book ] 944
CHA Biel, Timothy Levi.
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| Published 1997 |
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| Charlemagne and the early
Middle Ages |
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| [ Book ] 944.014
GRE Greenblatt, Miriam. |
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| Published 2003 |
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Videos and DVDs
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| Roman city
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| [ Video ] AV 937
ROM Unicorn Projects, Inc. ; WHYY ; produced & directed by
Larry Klein ; written & co-produced by Mark Olshaker. |
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| Published 1994 |
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| The world of ancient Rome
(753 B.C. - 476 A.D.) |
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| [ Video ] AV 937
WOR Distributed by United Learning. |
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| Published 1994 |
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Internet Resources
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Catalog. Click on WebPath Express in the left column. Use the keyword list below
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Keywords
- Ancient Rome
- Roman Empire
- Celt or Celtic
- Anglo-Saxon
- Jutes
- Picts
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- Language
- Germania
- Britannia
- Battle of Hastings
- Charlemagne
- Normans
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Dewey Numbers
355 War and
warfare
909 World history
936.4 Celts
937 Ancient Rome
940.1 Early history of Europe
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941 British Isles
941.1 Scotland
941.5 Ireland
942 England and Wales
943 Germany
944 France |
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