Travelling for faith

PILGRIMS IN THE MIDDLE AGES

• INTRODUCTIO

N• TASK• PROCESS AND

RESOURCES•EVALUATION

Have you ever stopped to think about what medieval pilgrims’ life was like ?

INTRODUCTION

IN the Middle Ages the Church encouraged people to make pilgrimages to special holy places called shrines. It was believed that if you prayed at these shrines you might be forgiven for your sins and have more chance of going to heaven. Others went to shrines hoping to be cured from an illness they were suffering from.

  The most important places to visit were: Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Jerusalem.At other shrines people went to see the teeth, bones, shoes, combs etc. that were said to have once belonged to important Christian saints. The most common relics at these shrines were nails and pieces of wood that the keepers of the shrine claimed came from the cross used to crucify Jesus.Travelling on long journeys in the Middle Ages was a dangerous activity. Pilgrims often went in groups to protect themselves against outlaws.

QUESTION

• What would you have done if you were a medieval pilgrim travelling for faith?

USING THE INTERNET SOURCES BELOW YOU WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT PILGRIMAGES IN THE MIDDLE AGES

TASK

• I MISSION • YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO ROMEYOU NEED INFORMATIONS ABOUT:

• Routes• Transports• Necessaries• organization

TASK

• II MISSION • YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

YOU NEED INFORMATIONS ABOUT:

• Routes• Transports• Necessaries• organization

TASK

• III MISSION • YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO JERUSALEM.

YOU NEED INFORMATIONS ABOUT:

• Routes• Transports• Necessaries• organization

TASK

EACH GROUP WILL CREATE A POWER POINT presentation WITH THE MAIN INFORMATIONS ABOUT ITS DESTINATION . Make sure to be specific in both the information (like where you got it from on the Web) and the reasoning (why the information proves your group's task).The Internet sites have lots of good information. Be sure you read the selections carefully. Take your time when finding the correct answER

PROCESS Debating, Discussing,

SELECTING

1. SURF THE NET IN PAIR .2. group members come back to

the larger WebQuest team . 3. You must all now answer the

Task / Quest(ion) as a group.

Use information, pictures,facts, opinions, etc. from theWeb pages you explored toconvince your classmatesthat your voyage is well

organized.

RESOURCES 

Go to the following Web sites :www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORpilgrimage.htmwww.learner.org/interactives/middleages/morelign.htmlmedievalhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_medieval_pilgrimagewww.request.org.uk/main/history/middle/middle03.htmwww.saint-denis.culture.fr/en/2_6_pelerin.htmwww.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t2w08pilgrimage.htmwww.saintjacquesinfo.eu/guide.htmwww.pilgrimpathways.com/pilgrim_pathways.asp?IdSeccion=3&IdNoticia=53www.hamar.kommune.no/article.php?articleID=5863en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrimagewww.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.htmlwww.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htmwww.learner.org/interactives/middleages/feudal.html• about mapswww.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/EML.htmlmappinghistory.uoregon.edu/www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html

EVALUATION

EVALUATIOn ON:

Cooperative effortQuestion answered

correctlyCompletion

LET’S GO!