Curated OER
Othello's Predecessors: Moors in Renaissance Popular Literature
Learners gather textual citations from Othello, discuss stereotypes that they hold, examine primary source materials, and write character profiles.
Curated OER
"O, I have lost my reputation" - Why Reputation Matters in Othello
High schoolers examine Othello's references to and attitudes toward reputation.
Curated OER
Looking at Life through the Creation of Personal Metaphors
Students focus on the creation of personal metaphors, which are first illustrated in pictures and caricatures and then extended to descriptive/analytical paragraphs. They teach the lesson to others using their own personal metaphors as...
Curated OER
The Concept of the Hero
Students explore the symbolic implications for the concept of the hero with a focus on the Beowulf theme. In this hero concept lesson, students find specific examples of monsters from Beowulf to complete the chart. Students list the...
Curated OER
Scatterbrained Soliloquies
Students reconstruct a famous soliloquy from Romeo and Juliet which the teacher has cut apart and scattered. They piece the soliloquy back together making sense of the passage.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Supernatural Elements in Macbeth
In this self-paced lesson, students explore how Shakespeare uses supernatural elements in Macbeth. It begins with an exploration of beliefs about the supernatural and witchcraft in Shakespeare's time as presented in a segment from...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Shakespeare for the Developmental Reader
Discover how you can open the door of Shakespeare to the developmental reader. This site offers insight into helping students understand Shakespeare's unfamiliar language.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 10: Macbeth
Students explore the ideas of ambition and failure. They learn that conflicts serve as the basis of a text's meaning and that identifying the internal and external conflicts of a story reveals the motivations of complex characters. They...