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This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students honor the Ides of March by learning about Julius Caesar and to plan related projects and classroom activities. Whether you spend one class or an entire unit on Caesar or Shakespeare’s play, the ideas included within the "In the Classroom" portion of reviews will launch discussions and meaningful projects for student-centered learning.
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Shake Sphere - Michael J. Cummings
Grades
6 to 12
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tag(s): feudalism (4), hamlet (13), julius caesar (7), literature (209), macbeth (10), midsummer nights dream (5), plays (22), romeo & juliet (7), romeo and juliet (6), shakespeare (136), sonnets (8)
In the Classroom
Make this all inclusive site available to your students on your webpage so they can look up words they do not know, etc. There are so many resources available that you could divide your class into groups and have each group research a different play or sonnet. Along with resources for Shakespeare's writing there are resources for Feudalism, Kings and Queens, castles, stage directions and drama terms, and so much more. Consider introducing your heterogeneous class to Shakespeare by using one of the Animated Shakespeare Videos reviewed here. Also, to help differentiate, look at Shmoop's Shakespeare page, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Animated Shakespeare - Cambio
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): hamlet (13), julius caesar (7), macbeth (10), midsummer nights dream (5), othello (6), romeo and juliet (6), shakespeare (136)
In the Classroom
It is always a challenge to get students to read actual literature texts instead of the "easier" versions. Share Animated Shakespeare on your classroom whiteboard or as a link on your website for student use at home. View these short films before reading the real Shakespeare in class to motivate student interest. Challenge them to find things in the real play that the animated synopsis left out, especially subtleties. View again at the end of reading; stop the video before clicking on characters and places and have students provide important details of the plot or about the characters before moving on. Challenge students to create a talking avatar for a character in the play they are reading. Have them use a photo or other image (legally reproducible). Have students use the avatars to describe another character or event from the play. Use a site such as Blabberize (reviewed here).Interested in "Flipping" your classroom? Post the URL for the video you want your students to view at home. Show students the page under the film where they can read about the characters and themes and take a little quiz. Ask them to come in the next day with questions they have about the story.
After perusing a video and the accompanying materials on Animated Shakespeare, have your students read and view the same play on Schmoop's Picture This reviewed here. Have a discussion about the differences between the two. Then ask students to write a compare/contrast response to the two different presentations of the same story.
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Shakey's Place - Clint Hall, Christina Obligar, Sarah Steele:1997 Thinkquest
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): area (40), plays (22), quiz (67), quizzes (58), shakespeare (136), sonnets (8)
In the Classroom
Go beyond the lines and add some creative twists to your Shakespeare learning activities. For example, have students try some of these activities: When Juliet fakes her suicide, her nurse is speechless! Help her find words to express her feelings, or help the soothsayer, who warned Caesar about the Ides of March, come up with some words of wisdom.Now is the chance to make them speak. While you are at it, rehearse and learn to say the English dialogue in proper Shakespearean tongue. Save this site in your favorites. Explore and include links on your class website or wiki when you are ready for students to try some thought provoking online questions or submit their own inquiries to the "experts." When you complete one of the literary works in class, display an online quiz on your projector or whiteboard to test your students' wits and review critical points.
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Shakespeare's Macbeth: Evolution of a Leader - Katie Buskirk
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): shakespeare (136)
In the Classroom
One of the interesting things about this site is that you can do this task with real OR fictional leaders. It might be a good way to compare unlike leaders such as Macbeth vs. Mustapha Mond (Brave New World) or Julius Caesar vs. Barack Obama. Opening the door to real vs. fictional characters allows students to weigh qualities off the page as well as on. While doing comparisons, have students write a fictitious wiki between the two leaders they compared.Instead of PowerPoint, consider having students create their presentations on Google Docs. Similar, but this will allow for easier feedback and sharing between students and teacher. Plus, students with busy schedules can work on the project without needing to physically be together!
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The Romans - BBC
Grades
3 to 6In the Classroom
Start your exploration at the Teachers Page to learn more about this website and the numerous activities available. Use this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Print off some of the worksheets for additional extension activities. Teachers of gifted will appreciate this site for students to explore on their own as part of a study of ancient cultures or mythology.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Penguin Classics Teachers' Guides - Penguin Books Ltd.
Grades
8 to 12A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Persuasion by Jane Austen
A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Odyssey by Homer
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Othello by William Shakespeare
Richard III by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
tag(s): literature (209), shakespeare (136)
In the Classroom
As you prepare to teach one of these classics, don't miss this helpful resource, even if you use a different publisher's edition of the works! If you have highly-able students preparing on their own for the AP tests, these guides could help a motivated student recap works they read in the past or guide themselves through independent reading of the works.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - McDougall Littel, Incl
Grades
9 to 11tag(s): julius caesar (7), shakespeare (136)
In the Classroom
Use the real world connection ideas as related activities as you read the play, perhaps alternating days on the two.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Julius Caesar - Sparknotes
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): julius caesar (7), shakespeare (136)
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Julius Caesar - Study questions
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9 to 12tag(s): julius caesar (7), shakespeare (136)
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Julius Caesar - Full text - Mass. Instit. Technol.
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): julius caesar (7), shakespeare (136)
In the Classroom
In a class where textbooks may be short this is an excellent site to insure everyone has access to Julius Caesar. This would also be useful for a class reading of the play. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector, and click on the link that allows you to display the full play on one fluid page. From this point, assign students parts and let them read aloud. Just make sure to keep up with the scrolling as students read!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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