The King Arthur's legend

Introduction

Since a long time ago, authors have written about heroes, kings, witches, dragons... Some stories may be true, but most of them are just fairy tales.

And one of the most famous stories about magic and bravery is the King Arthur's legend.

But... Who was Arthur?

There are lots of legends about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and though most people agree that he really existed, some others disagree. Some histories say that there was a man, at the end of the 5th century who became king of Britain. He also was in charge of the British army, and he was a very brave soldier! He defended Britain from the Saxons, fighting in twelve battles! And that makes some people think that he was just a military commander and not a king. Others just think that Arthur was just the King of a small kingdom, and over time the story changed, until Arthur appeared as the king of all Britain.

But the most popular legends told that Arthur inherited Britain from his father, King Uther, becoming the King of Britain. No one knows where this stories about kings Arthur's family came from, surely from the bards who told these stories aloud.

The author: Thomas Malory

Thomas Malory was an English writer who wrote Le Morte d'Arthur. In this book, the author rewrites the traditional tales about King Arthur, Merlin, his wife Guinevere, the sword Excalibur and the Knights of the Round Table. It is considered one of the best references of King Arthur's story, and many other authors have used it as their principal source.

Goals:

Discover King Arthur's story
Use the new technologies to find the information.

¡Let's discover something more!

Task

You've read a little bit about King Arthur, but, what do the stories tell us about him?

In this WebQuest, you have to look through different websites to discover who was King Arthur ,Merlin, Camelot, the Round Table and the Holy Grail.

What to do?

1) Today we are going to look for some information about King Arthur, his story and the characters who traveled with him and the places he visited (or lived in). In the next section of this WebQuest, you will find some links that will help you to gather information about the different characters of the legend.

You have to look for information about:

King Arthur

Who was he?
Where he found Excalibur? And how?
Which wizard helped him?

Camelot

What was Camelot?
Who lived there?

The Round Table

What was the Round Table?
Who were the knights of the Round Table?

Holy Grail

What was the Holy Grail?
Who found it?

2) Now that you have gathered all the necessary information, let's organize it! Read carefully what you have written and decide in which order happened the different events. You can do a scheme if it's necessary.

Click on Process to know how to do it!

Process

As you may know, we can find a lot of information on the internet, but be careful, we have to check if this information is true or not!

So to make it easier, here you have some links about the things you have to look for. Read each information carefully and select what you find important. Then, write it down in your notebook. About 10 lines for each item.