In this project-based learning activity, students complete a webquest activity introducing them to The Crucible and the Salem Witch Trials. Students complete a poster presentation on the Salem Witch Trials, comparing it to the Communist Scare of the 1950s.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "The Taming of the Shrew" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
In this lesson, students develop a fuller understanding of the character of Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennesee Williams. Students work in groups of three or four to unpack quotations about Amanda and present their ideas about the character to the class.
In this lesson, students review the types of irony before turning their eye to the text of Shakespeare's classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. There, they'll search for examples of irony in the words of the play, citing act, scene, and line number.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "The Tempest" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Hamlet" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of King Lear to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Macbeth" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Othello" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Romeo and Juliet" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Twelfth Night" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
In this lesson, the whole class analyzes a photograph and brainstorms words to describe the characters' senses and feelings. A "hot-seating" drama session follows where classmates interview each other, acting as characters in the photograph, and further exploring the characters' feelings. Students are introduced to the idea of using similes and then work in pairs to describe a character's experience. They then create a simply structured poem using their ideas and similes.
This webquest coincides with reading The Crucible. Students will be tasked with searching the web to discover information that will help them with understanding details associated with the play and the history affiliated with the Salem Witch Trials.