Today we went to the computer lab to try to get ahead on some research for the Chess Attack project. A few reminders:
1. Use Wikipedia as an introduction, but then seek out better resources once you have an idea what you are after.
2. Google Books (see below) is a great source, and lets you search through books for specific terms.
3. Remember, you don't have to get an actual collection of people that were all on a battlefield together for your chess set....you just need to be able to relate them to one another during the same time period. For my set, I used a Serbian knight, but when it came to the bishop piece, I investigated who the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church was at the time. For all we know, the knight and the patriarch hated each other, but at least they were on the "same side" (same kingdom).
If you take a look below, here are some hints for using Google Books
1. Use Wikipedia as an introduction, but then seek out better resources once you have an idea what you are after.
2. Google Books (see below) is a great source, and lets you search through books for specific terms.
3. Remember, you don't have to get an actual collection of people that were all on a battlefield together for your chess set....you just need to be able to relate them to one another during the same time period. For my set, I used a Serbian knight, but when it came to the bishop piece, I investigated who the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church was at the time. For all we know, the knight and the patriarch hated each other, but at least they were on the "same side" (same kingdom).
If you take a look below, here are some hints for using Google Books