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Shakespeare Research Presentation Assignment

Assignment

Shakespeare Research Presentation

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Today you will research some aspect of Shakespeare’s life and times for a group oral presentation. You may work in groups of up to 3 students. Oral presentations should be 4 to 5 minutes in length and should include a slideshow presentation and/or hand drawn art. Slide shows should be at least 4 slides in length and should include a works cited. Also, remember any images you use should also be cited.

Agenda

Agenda

Sit with your group
Introduction to assignment and resources
Explore sources for your topic
- take notes and start google slide show with your group
Organize slides and make sure essential information is communicated
Add images from Image databases
- Remember to cite images
Edit presentations and check that all parts of assignment are included
If time permits, practice with your group

Research Topics

Available Topics List:

Shakespeare’s Life
1. What do we really know about Shakespeare's life?
  1. How do we know?
2. What are details about Shakespeare's life that experts speculate about?
  1. Are there different ideas?
Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
1. Did Shakespeare really write all those plays?
2. How do we know?
  1. What is stylometry?
3. Do all the experts agree?
The First Folio: Shakespeare and Printing History
1. Who?
2. What?
3. Where?
4. When?
5. Why
The Globe Theatre
1. Why was The Globe built?
2. What are some features of the theater?
3. What was it like to go to this theater during Shakespeare's time?
4. What has happened to the theater throughout it's history?
Actors in Shakespeare’s Time
1. Who are Lord Chamberlain's Men?
2. Gender?
3. Social status of actors?
Shakespeare's Influence Today
1. What is everyone talking about (re: Shakespeare)?
2. What are 3 things that stand out to you?
Queen Elizabeth and the Arts
1. What evidence do we have that Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed the arts?
2. What does it mean to be a patron of the arts?
3. What is the relationship between the long and relatively stable reign of Queen Elizabeth I and the development of literature & art in Elizabethan England?
Shakespeare's Time: What's Happening?
1. What was daily life like for people during Shakespeare's Time?
2. What are some major events during Shakespeare's lifetime?
  1. How might you see them in his plays?
Witchcraft during the Elizabethan Era
1. Did people in Elizabethan England believe in witches? Magic?
2. How do we know?
3. Why do you think Shakespeare chose to feature the three witches in Macbeth?
Elizabethan Theaters
1. What are the names of some of the Elizabethan Theater?
2. How were the theaters similar/different from the Globe Theater?
3. What cultural changes provided for the "birth of modern theater" in Elizabethan England?