William Shakespeare

Life & Times

Assignment

GoalLearn and share researched

information about the life and times of William Shakespeare

through research and presentations.

Option 1Shakespeare Biography

• Birth date• Family• Education• Professions• Accomplishment

s• Other Interesting

information

Option 2Works and Quotes

• "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--

--From Hamlet (III, i, 56-61) • Perhaps the most famous soliloquy

in literature, these words reflect the state of desperation in which

Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, finds himself as he contemplates

suicide.

• Timeline of works• Short summaries• Unforgettable Lines!

Option 3Shakespeare Poetry or Sonnets

SONNET 3Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewestNow is the time that face should form another;Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest,

Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother.For where is she so fair whose unear'd womb

Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?Or who is he so fond will be the tomb

Of his self-love, to stop posterity?Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee

Calls back the lovely April of her prime:So thou through windows of thine age shall see

Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.But if thou live, remember'd not to be,

Die single, and thine image dies with thee.

•Choose poems or sonnets•Add relevant pictures•Use personal explanations

• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

• Religious beliefs• Common dress,

housing, jobs, family size

• Music and Art• Government

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/

DatesReligionScienceDaily lifeGovernmentArt and Music

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

During the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance (1350-1450) the bubonic plague, also called the "Black Death," devastated

half of the population of Europe. Description of the plague

Remedies for the plague

Effects of the plague

Common beliefs concerning the reasons for the plague

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/health.html

Option #6—The Black Death

Location and SizeWho were groundlings?What was the cost to spectators?What entrances were available?What was the role of the audience?Who built it and when?What was it used for?Costumes and Actors?

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/3860/oldglobe.html

The Rules

•     Each person must create a PowerPoint Presentation concerning his/her topic.

• Click here for Rubric: 5C:\Users\MingoBOE\Desktop\Shakespeare PowerPoint Rubric.pdf

Why do we have to do this???

1. To prove that you can do research and give credit to your sources

2. To prove that you can evaluate and select important and interesting information and put it to use in a presentation

3. To prove that you can put information in your own words

4. To prove that you can present researched information in various formats to an audience