Twelfth graders study the character sketches in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. They discuss the biography of Sir Thomas-a-Becket and his historical significance in the Medieval Era. They define a pilgrimage and brainstorm why people would go on a pilgrimage then and now.

Concepts

the canterbury tales, geoffrey chaucer

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canterbury tales, english language arts

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