William Shakespeare

“The Bard”

William Shakespeare

'Shakespeare' by Gerard Soest, c. 1650-60"Outline of Shakespeare's Life." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. <http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

Left Side

Warm-up = complete the following sentence. Shakespeare is… Shakespeare is… Shakespeare is… Shakespeare is not…

Right Side

Paste the handout in and complete the sentences as we go through this PowerPoint.

Color in the handout. I recommend colored pencils – markers are too dark and clumsy.

Directions: Copy information into your notes as needed.

The Story Begins…

Stratford-Upon-Avon

'Shakespeare's Stratford' by Dr Pat Hughes, 1994."Outline of Shakespeare's Life." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. <http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

Birthplace

Home purchased by William’s father, John, for his family and workshop.

"Shakespeare's Birthplace." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. <http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

The Shakespeare Family

School Years

Shakespeare’s School Room

Shakespeare’s School Room, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon"Outline of Shakespeare's Life." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.

<http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

Learning the Old-Fashioned Way

Master with pupils From: R. Day,A Booke of Christian Prayers (London, 1581)

“Shakespeare at School." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. <http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

Petty school From Roxburghe Ballads (Hertford, 1874), II, 573

A Family Man

Anne’s Girlhood Home

The girlhood home of William’s wife, Anne Hathaway.“Anne Hathaway’s Cottage." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.

<http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

The London Years

Elizabethan London

The Tower of London Hampton Place

A Star is Born

The Globe Theater

Inside the Globe Theater

Stage of the Globe Theater

Will becomes “The Bard”

Playwright

The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] (SCL 35.21)."Outline of Shakespeare's Life." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010. <http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

The Golden Years

Home in Stratford-Upon-Avon

New Place house"Shakespeare's Stratford." Welcome to the Shakespeare Houses Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.

<http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12>.

The End of the Story

Left Side (bottom half)

Cool-down = Based on what you now know about Shakespeare’s life, generate FIVE possible research topics for him or his era. I. II. III. IV. V.