Learning outcome number 1
We are focussing on the role of the individual and family in society and the impact of prevailing values and beliefs.
Our text: Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
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A. Do some research on the Shakespearean era (late sixteenth/early fifteenth century). Every student gets a specific area to focus upon. One focuses on family life, the second on the position of women and the third one focuses on minority social groups. During the lesson the ‘experts’ are put together in groups of three and share their knowledge.
Afterwards the groups will do a small presentation (5 minutes) giving the teacher the option to add information.
A websites you could consult:
www.elisabethan-era.co.uk
B. Contexualizing (background information). Done by the teacher.
Schama’s History of Britain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrn6R1AdLI0
And the film Shakespeare in Love.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/
C. Reading Romeo and Juliet together and linking it to the information found by the groups (see A).
D. After covering Romeo and Juliet, it can be linked to The Kite Runner.
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