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After examining background information about the Anglo-Saxon period and Old English, write a paragraph comparing and contrasting Anglo-Saxon culture and/or Old English language with the culture you live in today. Are they completely alien of each other or are there interesting similarities?For further insight into Anglo-Saxon life, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuDa3xvt080
This a BBC program about Worst Jobs during the Dark Ages(Anglo-Saxon period). There are actually six parts, which you can navigate to if you look at the related videos. Watch at least one of these videos, and include information you learned in your answer.
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The Anglo-Saxon life was very dangerous and hard working. They would mine gold out of the mountains and that was very life threating. They had to start a fire in the mine and it would burn for about 3 to 4 days. The mine would get extremely smokey and very hot. Then they would put out the fire and the rocks would crack and fall. Today mining is done with machines and the miners just operate the machines. So it is not as dangerous but can still bring fatalities. Back in the Anglo-Saxon time they pretty much had to do everything for themselves. They even had to plow their own fields. Today we also use machines for our field work.
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The Anglo-Saxon life was very dangerous and hard working. They would mine gold out of the mountains and that was very life threating. They had to start a fire in the mine and it would burn for about 3 to 4 days. The mine would get extremely smokey and very hot. Then they would put out the fire and the rocks would crack and fall. Today mining is done with machines and the miners just operate the machines. So it is not as dangerous but can still bring fatalities. Back in the Anglo-Saxon time they pretty much had to do everything for themselves. They even had to plow their own fields. Today we also use machines for our field work.
1 comment:
Good job examining the changes in labor technique between the two cultures. You also use plenty of sentence variety. Some small punctuation changes:
1. comma after 'today' in the sentence, "Today, mining"
2. The sentence beginning with "So"; lower case it and change the period before to a comma.
Grade: 10/10
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