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Great Performances: Shakespeare - PBS Learning Media
Grades
8 to 12
PBS LearningMedia presents Great Performances, a performing arts series with a worldwide range of performing arts specials. This collection includes classroom-ready resources from several...more
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PBS LearningMedia presents Great Performances, a performing arts series with a worldwide range of performing arts specials. This collection includes classroom-ready resources from several productions, including''?'Shakespeare Uncovered,'''?Romeo & Juliet,'''?Much Ado About Nothing,'''?Merry Wives,'''?Making Shakespeare: The First Folio, and'''?Hamlet. The series of lessons uses a media gallery and video segments to tell the stories behind some of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Choose any link to access the full lesson including suggestions for use, links to PDF forms, and introductory through culminating activities. Use links to assign to students in Google Classroom or share with social media links.
tag(s): england (50), literature (222), plays (32), poetry (196), shakespeare (99), sonnets (6)
In the Classroom
Incorporate the videos and lessons from this site into your current Shakespeare lessons. Instead of written responses for portions of your assignments, have students use a video response tool like Gravity, reviewed here to share answers. Upon completion of your Shakespeare unit, instead of a written test or research project, ask students to create a digital book using an online tool like Ourboox, reviewed here. Have students include images, videos, and their written work to create the book.
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