1. WEEK 10 COMPILED BY AMY

2. GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI 1792  Dad was a horn player  His mom was singer and a baker’s daughter  He played the triangle when he was 6 with his fathers music band  Worked as a blacksmith until they discovered he was better suited to music  Wrote 39 operas, sacred music, chamber music,  Called the Italian Mozart  Wrote the Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola, Moise et Pharaon  Guillaume or the legend of William Tell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbYCOiETx0

3. WILLIAM TELL

4. LAKE LUCERNE

5. ARNOLD VON WINKELRIED  Swiss Hero of Legend or History  Battle of Sempach 1386  Victory of the Old Swiss Confederacy  Defeated the Duke Leopold III of Austria

6. 100 YEARS WAR  Fought 1337 – 1453 between England and France  Fought for the French throne  They were fighting over the throne from way back to William the Conqueror in 1066  William became King of England and retained the Duchy of Normandy in France.  But the rulers of Normandy and English kings still owed homage to the French King.  Edward III of England refused to pay homage to Philip IV of France  King Philip took Edwards land in Aquitaine (lands located in SW France.

7. MAP OF THE DISPUTED LANDS

8. JOAN OF ARC  Maid of Orleans  Folk heroine of France And a Roman Catholic Saint  Born a peasant in North-east France in 1412  Claimed to hear God’s voice and be guided by God’s will  Lead the French army to many victories  Captured by the Burgundians and sent to the English, Put on Trial by Pro- English Bishop Beauvais  Burned at the stake when she was 19 years old.  25 years later the inquisitorial court examined the trial and found her innocent.  She was declared a martyr.

9. PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT JOAN OF ARC

10. EXTRA ASSIGNMENTS  Create a graphic novel of the story of William Tell  Practice archery with a long bow…DO NOT AIM AT YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS  Listen to 3 Full works by Rossini  Choose your favorite and tell why  Create a Family Lineage of the Hundred Years War  Include the disputed “female lineage”  Decide who you think should be King  Write a biography of Joan of Arc  Include a map of her Journey