TELL THE STORY OF GALILEO AND THE INQUISITION

The great scientist Galileo had a famous brush with the Inquisition and emerged the worse for wear. Do your research and write an essay.

The purpose of the task:

·         To provide practice with past tenses and narrative structures

·         To provide the opportunity to improve command of the language and competency

·         To provide an introduction to research based writing and all the skills it requires: note taking, annotating, paraphrasing and summarizing

·         To provide brief insight into an important historical event

Familiarize yourself with the topic:

·         “Galileo and the Inquisition” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNMZlcyIj-8

Reading material to make notes on:

·         “Galileo in Rome for Inquisition” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-in-rome-for-inquisition

·         “Galileo is convicted of heresy” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convicted-of-heresy

Videos to make notes on

·         “Galileo 1” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImFwQBM560c

·         “Galileo 2 – Threat of Inquisition” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT3VO83AJdE

·         Galileo 3 – Galileo recants” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqScO2uULjM