Elizabethan Times and Shakespeare

Take me back to Elizabethan England (1558-1603).  Now you are the teacher!  Choose a topic from the list below that you are interested in learning more about, research it, and present to us about why it is so important:

• Theater and play-going
• Design and construction of the Globe Theater
• Shakespeare as a playwright and actor
• Shakespeare’s life
• Queen Elizabeth I
• Everyday life from the perspective of a nobleman
• Everyday life from the perspective of a man
• Everyday life from the perspective of a woman
• Employment
• Marriage
• Crime and Punishment
• Entertainment
• Famous people
• Fashion
• Religion
• Technology/ machines
• Food/ Cuisine
• Do you have another idea?

• You must write your research paper individually; however, you may choose to do the presentation portion as a pair (that means 2).  **Note: if you choose to work with a friend, I strongly encourage you to choose this partner wisely and to use all allotted time in the most productive manner.
• All topics must be covered by someone in the class before a topic may be duplicated.

The Presentation

• Presentations will begin on Tuesday, March 31^st
• You must use at least 3 sources in your research.  Be sure to cite these sources throughout your work whenever you are not using original thoughts or information.  Provide a list of sources used.
• Here is a link if you are looking for some good, credible information:  http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/schools/lchs/english/lewis/elizabethan/ .  Once you are at this site, click on [Resources].
• You must use at least 2 visual aids.  One of these may be a handout of some sort for the class (if you need me to make copies of handouts, you must give me the handout at least 24 hours in advance).  Make your visual aids informational; a poster with your topic and name is not enough, it must convey information.  You may want to make a power point presentation.  Be sure to save your presentation on to your drive at school or a flash drive.
• Be creative and make us just as interested in the topic as you are.
• You must assess the class in someway.  You are taking on the role of my assistant for this project, so you need to also make sure the students understand what you are presenting.  This may be in the form of a quiz that you grade at the end of the presentation.

The Assessment

• Be sure to ask any questions you may have about the directions above.  You will be graded on the following criteria:
• Creativity: Please make your presentation creative and interesting.  Do more than just read a paper to us.  Maybe present the info, then play a game that quizzes the class on the info you taught.
• Materials: I will be collecting any notes, sources, handouts, or quizzes you used in the presentation.  You will also include the annotated bibliography from your research paper.  These things don’t need to be typed, but they do need to be neat and organized.  A clean folder with everything in it would be great.
• Presentation: Make eye contact, be confident, connect with the audience, stand up straight, dress professionally, and try.