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Shakespeare:

  A Teacher's Handbook

    Wendy Michaels, Jesse Hise, Ken Watson, Anthony Adams

Shakespeare: A Teacher's Handbook is an essential reference for any teacher using Shakespeare's plays in the classroom.

It provides valuable background information on all aspects of Shakespeare's plays with a wide range of activities to encourage students to see the plays as a play to be performed, rather than just a written script.

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Shakespeare - a Teacher's Handbook Contents

Introduction

PART A: SHAKESPEARE IN THE CLASSROOM

Chapter 1: Plots Have I Laid

Chapter 2: Shakespeare's Theatre

The Playhouse

Shakespeare's Audience

Shakespeare's Actors

Acting Styles

Chapter 3: Getting Used to the Language

Chapter 4: A Range of Activities

PART B: A SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

Classroom Festival

Larger Festivals

Timeline

Using Shakespeare's Language

Quotations from the Bard

Costume Day

Costumes: Plain and Fancy

Contests

Elizabethan Banquet

Banners and Standards

PART C: RESOURCES AND REFERENCES

Shakespeare on Film and Video

Globe Theatre Model

Shakespeare and the New Technologies

Glossary of Terms

Useful Books