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Allusions to Shakespeare in Popular Culture

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Send your high schoolers on a scavenger hunt through popular culture (music, television, video games, movies) to find allusions to Shakespeare. They must each provide three to share with the class, and the one they present cannot have been discussed before! This assignment can span the entire year as learners find more -- and more esoteric -- examples. Emphasizes how much we miss if we aren't Shakespeare literate.

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allusions, literary devices, william shakespeare, popular culture

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
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Year
1998
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