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Chaucer's Wife of Bath

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
A thorough and well-designed resource for older students, this instructional activity focuses on Chaucer's character the Wife of Bath from his classic novel, The Canterbury Tales. As a way of understanding Chaucer's complex...
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Writing Application: The Canterbury Tales

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and create their own tale. In this writing applications lesson plan, students read the tales and analyze the specific details that Chaucer use. Students work in groups...
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The Teller of the Tale, Part 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice use of volume, stress, pacing, enunciation, eye contact, and gestures needed to meet the needs of the audience when presenting their own tales based on Chaucer. They receive teacher and student feedback and prepare to...
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Chaucer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss characterization in "The Canterbury Tales". They examine professions that could be held by a travelers. They write a script for a new person on the trip. They may also write a poetic version for the script.
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Multicultural Canterbury Pilgrimage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create travel brochures that detail various people and places that are encountered on the way to Chaucer's Canterbury.
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Camp Canterbury-creating a Personnel Guide for Chaucer's Characters

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders study the character sketches in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. They discuss the biography of Sir Thomas-a-Becket and his historical significance in the Medieval Era. They define a pilgrimage and brainstorm...
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The Teller of the Tale, Part 2

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discuss character types and their qualities. They select two characters and write about their dress, speech, habits, attitudes and beliefs. They write a monologue as the characters presenting a moral theme.
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Chaucer's Wife of Bath

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze Chaucer's portrayal of the Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales. Students prepare class reports on the institution of marriage and the place of women in the Medieval society.
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Chaucer's "The Prioress' Tale"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Anti-Semitism in literature. In this Chaucer lesson, students review the concept of blood libel and then identify and analyze the Anti-Semitic message of "The Prioress' Tale."
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Macbethan Art

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners review and reproduce an article of Elizabethan styled clothing as a part of an analysis of Shakespeare's Macbeth.  In this Elizabethan art instructional activity, students discuss the fashion of the Elizabethan era and research...
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Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth by completing the creative activities. For this Macbeth lesson, students discuss the timeline for William Shakespeare and identify the characters for Macbeth. Students read Act One, Scenes i-v of...
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Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth in a variety of creative activities. In this Macbeth lesson, students read Act Two, Scene IV and Act Three, Scene I-VI. Students then complete the text given at the link.
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Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth through the reading and discussion activities. In this Macbeth lesson plan, students read Act IV and V and then discuss the ending to the play.
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Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Macbeth lesson, students read Act Two Scene iv and Act Three Scenes i-vi in the play and complete the test from the given link.

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