Other Shakespeare Related Curriculum Materials

Elizabethans at Play Elizabethans at Play
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Planting a miniature knot garden, savoring a feast, performing excerpts from the play Bartholomew Fair, preparing for a royal progress, and making a Will Kemp jumping jack are just a few of the activities students can enjoy as they become acquainted with the Elizabethan pastimes presented in this handsome packet. The packet includes a booklet entitled "Things to Make and Do," a set of illustrated cards describing people from Queen Elizabeth to Moll Cutpurse, a Pyramus and Thisbe playscript and cue cards, a 11˝"h x 16˝"w full-color poster depicting what the packed Globe theater might have looked like during a performance in 1599, an illustrated leaflet on Elizabethan times, a music square, and a ten-page teacher's guide. Grades 4-8. 9˝" x 12˝". Shakespeare's Globe Centre, London.

Globe Theater Model
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Assembling this scale model of Shakespeare's Globe playhouse, students discover for themselves the characteristics, dimensions, and charm of this historic building. The model comes printed on 22 cardboard flats, each clearly marked for cutting and scoring. Constructed from tough, durable material, standing 24" high with a 34" diameter, the Globe Theater model can be used for permanent display. Instructions, cutting tool, and glue are included. Perfection Learning.

Globe Theater Model
Shakespeare: Quick Study Cards Shakespeare: Quick Study Cards
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To serve as a quick reference source in the classroom and as a memory refresher while studying for exams, these cards summarize key facts about Shakespeare and his plays. One card is a fact sheet about Shakespeare’s life and his place in Elizabethan drama. Each of the other cards deals with a single play by listing its cast of characters, a scene-by-scene plot summary, and notable quotes (with explications when needed). These cards also include "fact sheets" about the historical backgrounds of the plays, fascinating "trivia" about the plays, and "dichotomies": divergent critical opinions raising central questions about the meanings of the plays. Each 8˝" x 11" four-page outline is laminated for durability and three-hole punched for convenience. Grades 7 and up. BarCharts. ©1998–99.

Shakespeare's Theatre
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So students can learn how the Elizabethans might have staged their plays--and at the same time understand how scholars interpret history through study of primary source materials--this kit compiles reproductions of period documents relevant to Shakespeare and his theater. For example, the kit includes the Queen's Proclamation against "Interludes," First Folio pages, a 1598 inventory of costumes, materials on the Globe Theater (like floor plans and a do-it-yourself 3-D paper model), and modern broadsheets that explain what history knows of life in an Elizabethan theater troupe. Grades 7 and up. Golden Owl.

Shakespeare's Theatre

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