Title: Terrible!
Product review: My middle school students HATED this documentary - and I can't blame them. (It also drove me to gouge out my eyes... well, not really, but it was bad!) What a mistake buying this video. The picture quality and sound are terrible. The expert professors, who are supposed to add interest and insight, are utterly boring and have very, very bad hair (which is highly distracting to 7th graders)! Don't bother with this video. If you're looking for a good video, check out the "Life in the Middle Ages" series instead. It explores the lives of people from the Middle Ages in a language that students can understand! (For example, instead of "The compelling complexity of a stratified society..." (like in this terrible video) the narrator in "Life in the Middle Ages" says, "So - what's the low down on medieval knights?" The kids loved it. Plus there are historical reenactments and awesome footage of European castles and medieval festivals.
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