Shakespeare+Webquest

Shakespeare Webquest Notes Page Directions: In your group, research your topic and present it to the class using both visual and oral presentations

I. Shakespeare and Elizabeth - Research the biographies of both important figures, learn what was happening elsewhere

// Group:Jillian, Will, Alana, Albert, Ethan, Caden //

II. Medicine – Research the Plague of 1550-1625, medicine and dentistry in Shakespeare's time. // Group:Noah G and R, Maddie, Ava //
 * 1) Summarize what is known of his life and her life.
 * 2) Make sure everyone sees a good picture of each.
 * 3) Explain at what point in his career Shakespeare wrote //Midsummer Night's Dream//.
 * 4) What were Elizabeth's years of rule?
 * 5) What was going during their lifetimes in:
 * Italy
 * Spain
 * France
 * China
 * North America
 * India
 * North Africa (Egypt or Libya would be good)
 * 1) What are the "humours"?
 * 2) What tools used in medicine should we have on display?
 * 3) What "medicine or treatments" did you learn about? Where did they come from? Be specific.
 * 4) What did "dentists" do during Shakespeare's time?
 * 5) What other interesting things did you learn?
 * 6) Describe the disease's effects on the sick and on the communities.
 * 7) What spread the disease?
 * 8) How many died?
 * 9) What was done with the bodies?
 * 10) What medicine was used?
 * 11) How did the Plague effect the laws or rules in the cities?
 * 12) What did people do to avoid catching the disease?

III. Crime & punishment - Research both, including "family crimes." // Group:Kevin, Giovanni, Bailey, Jake //
 * 1) Describe five crimes and their punishments.
 * 2) What happened to the people who could not pay their debts?
 * 3) How did people react to public executions?
 * 4) Describe The Tower (of London). Who went there? Who were some of the famous people who were locked up there?
 * 5) What happened to a man who beat his wife?
 * 6) Were there any lawyers?
 * 7) What kind of "lock up" was in Shakespeare's day? What representative people might be in the cells? (be specific)
 * 8) What punishment tools or machines were used?

IV. Music, ceremonies, entertainment & dancing -How did the nobles and the common folk entertain themselves, and where? // Group:Bennet, Lucy, Lindsey, Rosie, Brian //
 * 1) Locate and play some music for the class (online)
 * 2) Describe at least four musical instruments.
 * 3) What did traveling entertainers/musicians add to society? Who did they work for? How were they paid?
 * 4) What other entertainments did Shakespeare's audience enjoy? Describe them
 * 5) Describe the clothes worn by the nobility (wealthy).
 * 6) Describe the clothes worn by the middle class (merchants).
 * 7) Describe the clothes worn by the working class & the poor.
 * 8) Describe the clothes worn by children.
 * 9) Describe men's and women's hairstyles.
 * 10) Describe some "accessories" worn by men and by women.
 * 11) Who decided who you would marry?
 * 12) Describe the wedding ceremony.
 * 13) Describe what the bride and groom might wear.

V. Globe and other theater s - Research the theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed

// Group:Kathryn, Alli, Anthony, Mason, Adam //


 * 1) Locate a picture of the Globe and other theaters, as we think it looked.
 * 2) Explain Shakespeare's relationship to the Globe.
 * 3) Explain who sat where in the theater.
 * 4) Find out what you can about the props and "mechanical devices" used in the theater.
 * 5) What can you tell us about the actors?
 * 6) What can you tell us about the playwrights of Shakepeare's day?
 * 7) How did the Plague affect performances?
 * 8) Who were the Groundlings?
 * 9) What can you tell us about music and props?

Language, pronunciation, insults - EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS Shakespeare High Resources: Shakespeare during Elizabethan times Crime and punishment [|Shakespeare and Medicine] avoiding plagues [|Shakespeare Timeline] Life and Times [|Elizabethan English Life] [|Shakespeare's lIfe and times] [|Shakespeare] Words [|How To Speak Like Shakespeare] Shakespeare's Language Words Shakespeare made up [|Learn Shakespeare's Language] [|Globe] [|Medicine and plague] [|Plague] [|Dentist/barbers] [|Midsummer Images] [|Elizabethan Accents] - learn how to pronounce Shakespeare's English! [|Elizabethan Theater] [|Shakespeare Resource Center] - short articles on many topics - also information about how to put the site into your bibliography! England at the time of Shakespeare Life in the 1500's Globe Theater Globe Theater history Elizabethen England [|Shakespeare Search] [|Absolute Shakespeare] [|Library Thing] Activities Twenty Words We Owe To William Shakespeare [|Shakespeare links] [|The history of English]through Shakespeare Shakespeare Resources [|Evidence] that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare [|Insults] `
 * 1) How did the Elizabethans pronounce words?
 * 2) What were some favorite insults?
 * 3) Why did they write in a rhythm they did not speak? Or did they speak it?
 * 4) Provide at least 10 good phrases