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Wherefore Art Thou So Difficult, Shakespeare? Understanding Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th Standards
'Tis not easy to understand the language of the Bard! But, hark! Fret not! With the assistance of this joyous activity, young players learn how to translate Shakespeare's English into modern language. Groups examine passages from Julius...
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The Unraveling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the role of tone in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this literature lesson, students perform scenes from the play inflecting the tone that they believe Shakespeare intended. 
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In Search of Caesar's Ghost

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers collaborate in small groups to choose a scene that they write in place of a scene in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar". In this dramatic expression lesson, their scripts include roles, lines and stage directions. Students...
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Drama: Julius Caesar Storyboard

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create storyboards based on Julius Caesar using the device of framing to convey character information. After examining framing techniques in photographs from the Folger Theater, they discuss how they influence character...
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Betrayal or Honest Mistake?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners present different versions of scenes in the play Julius Caesar. For this Julius Caesar lesson plan, students present different perspectives of scenes from the viewpoint of betrayal or mistake.
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Julius Caesar Oral Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research on William Shakespeare and Julius Caesar. They research and explore various websites, complete graphic organizers, and develop a research paper.
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William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Fate Versus Free Will

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students relate legends of lucky objects such as a rabbit's foot and principles of Feng Shui to fate and free will concepts that are expressed in Shakespeare's play, "Julius Casear". In small groups, they redesign the palace of Casear to...
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The Ides March On - Caesar Today

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students make connections between the rule and reign of Julius Caesar and the leaders of other countries. They then create a news show that communicates their understanding of four essential questions that are included in the lesson.
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Direct the Ghost of Caesar

For Teachers 10th - 12th
students read the Ghost of Caesar scene and use prompt books to stage the scene. In this Shakespeare lesson, students read the scene and then stage the scene. Students make prompt books for the staging activity and then perform the scenes.
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Julius Caesar and Roman History

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners write a front page of a newspaper from Ancient Rome dated March 14, 15, 16. 44BC that explains the role of Julius Caesar. They complete is assessment assignment in groups.
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Their Names Are Pricked

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students discuss areas of ambiguity in Julius Caesar and analyze the language as a tool to illustrate complex desires. In this Shakespeare lesson, students define subtext and use a neutral scene to act out subtext. Students create their...
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Following the Blood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students rehearse a scene from Julius Caesar and analyze how the physical aspects of stage direction impact the audience. In this Julius Caesar lesson plan, students use blood in the scene and analyze the direction and where the blood is...
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Choosing Sides

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the alliances in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read the play and act out the conflict and controversy among Brutus, Caesar, Cassius, and Marc Antony.
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Juliius Caesar

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss suggestive language and the use of symbols and foreshadowing in Shakespeare's plays.  In this Julius Caesar lesson, students discuss the idea that men control their own fates.  Students examine the words of Cassius in...
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Good Words are Better than Bad Strokes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research negative campaigns and propaganda and then interpret characters from Julius Caesar in that light. In this negative campaign lesson plan, students take the character and create visual images to depict the characters in a...
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Bridging the Language Gap

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students gain an understanding of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama activity, students read the second act of the play and then rewrite the original passages in today's English.
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Introduction to "Julius Caesar"

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students discuss American form of government. They read the play Julius Caesar.
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Editing the Conspiracy: Julius Caesar

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice close reading skills to edit the text of Julius Caesar as they read. They identify the features of the conspiracy. They discuss use of image of dark and light in the text.
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Characteristics of Point of View and Dialogue

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the impact of dialogue Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read selected scenes and note the point of view and dialogue in the scenes.
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Let the Leader Beware

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners consider the tone of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read the first two acts of the play and discuss tone of the acts. Learners also respond to questions about the characters and their motives.
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Words, Words, Words

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read the first act of the play and then rewrite the original passages in today's English.
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Hear, Hear

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a listening assessment. In this listening skills instructional activity, students listen to presentations by classmates and then write essays about the use of dialogue in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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Caesar II

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create virtual Roman Empire by playing Caesar II CD-ROM game to support class reading of Julius Caesar.
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Caesar Ciphers: An Introduction to Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students brainstorm and discuss the concept of cryptography, the science of secrets in today's world and then focus on a system for sending secret messages used by Julius Caesar. They make a Caesar wheel assessing encrypting and...

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