Canterbury Tales Campaign Ads

Michele and Lauren's English Literature classes recently completed an assignment where they created campaign ads for characters in the Canterbury Tales.

Their objective was to make a movie featuring three political ads for three separate pilgrims, each representing three different social classes. The pilgrims were to �compete� against one another for the same governmental office. Their movies were to reveal comprehension of Canterbury as well as the social commentary Chaucer represents. Students were also asked to carry that commentary into a 21st century context.

Here are some examples to look at. These are in Windows Media Player format, created in Photo Story so, unfortunately, I believe they only play on Windows machines (requires a codec that is only available for the Windows version of Windows Media Player).

David, Bryon and Zane - Doc, Monk, and Squire
Wes - Yeoman and Monk
Amanda and Jenna - Bob, Chris, and Susan
Courtney, Jordan and Katie
Lauren, Lauren and Sarah
Nikki, Katherine and Lindsay

After viewing these, feel free to leave constructive comments for these students on this post.

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