In this lesson, students will explore five different topics from the Shakespearean era in order to understand the play before reading it. The topics explored in this lesson are: Queen Elizabeth I King James I Witches Guy Fawkes Religion After each topic is a short quiz where students will answer a few short questions individually. The last activity is a context table to fill out and keep in their books to refer to anytime when studying the play. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 12 slides Printable context table sheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin the lesson by working in partners following a script to role-play questions and answers about The Globe Theatre. To consolidate their learning, students will watch a video on The Globe Theatre and make their own notes using the information they have heard. They will be given a worksheet to label The Globe Theatre and then they will check and correct their worksheet. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable role-play question and answer script Printable Label The Globe Theatre worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin the lesson by creating a mind map of what they already know about William Shakespeare. They will then play a memory game using images associated with William Shakespeare and his work. After watching a video based on his life, students will make their own notes to use for a collage. They will collaborate with one another to share facts about William Shakespeare which will have them excited and engaged as they walk around the classroom to learn different facts from one another. They will work in groups to collate their facts to add to the collage. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable facts on Shakespeare ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja