This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.
Lesson duration is: 40 min
Items in this lesson
Who was Shakespeare?
Slide 1 - Slide
Shakespeare
Slide 2 - Mind map
What do we know about him?
We're going to watch a video about Shakespeare. The video contains questions you can hear in the video, speculation, and questions you need to research. Work in pairs, but whisper so you keep your answer to yourself!
Slide 3 - Slide
Slide 4 - Video
00:00
Find 10 Shakespeare plays! You have 2 minutes
Slide 5 - Open question
00:31
Why is it surprising that Shakespeare probably didn't go to university
Slide 6 - Open question
01:35
What was the theatre called that Shakespeare performed in?
A
The King's Men
B
The Rose
C
The Globe
D
The Lord Chamberlain's men
Slide 7 - Quiz
03:02
Which types of Shakespeare plays are there?
Slide 8 - Open question
03:33
Find 5 words that Shakespeare made up. You have 2 minutes!
Slide 9 - Open question
Up next
We're going to watch a summary about one of his plays: Othello.
As you're watching the video, think about the next questions:
What are the themes?
Which characters are there?
Why are we still talking about his plays, do you think?
How relevant is this play to today's world?
Slide 10 - Slide
Slide 11 - Video
Answers
What are the themes? = love, jealously, loyalty vs. betrayal, racism, appearance vs. reality.
Which characters are there? = Othello, Iago, Desdemona, Rodrigo, Cassio, Emilia, ...
Why are we still talking about his plays? = own answer
How relevant is this play to today's world? = own answer