Ms. G’s Romeo and Juliet Webquest

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Welcome to Ms. Giannotto's

Romeo and Juliet Webquest

Thy teacher dost welcometh thou to knowledge;

drinketh of Shakespeare and his times.

Romeo Juliet title page

The Task

Each group has been assigned a topic to research.

Once you have finished your research,

you will be experts on your topic. 

Your job will be to teach

other students in the class about your topic.  As a result,
all of you will become experts on "The Bard."

 

The Process

All of you should review the two general websites on Elizabethan times.

Afterwards, review your group’s assigned
area
to research.
At the end of the webpage is a link that shows a list
of adaptations of Shakespeare’s works.

All of you should review that list. 

Answer the questions on your worksheets.You may print
pictures at home or in the library, You should make a powerpoint
with pictures to illustrate what you teach to your students.
 Store thy work on a Flash Drive.

Thy quest enjoy!  

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General Websites:

Click on the pictures below to get an overview of 
Elizabethan Times:
eliz 4       shakes 4
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Shakespeare’s Life:

Click on the pictures to read about “The Bard,"
his theatre and the actors.
shakes 2           shakes 3          shakes read
                  7 Ages of Shakespeare                Biography                      "The Bard"
                                                                                     
 

globe     actor        words

                      The Globe                           The Actors                 Phrases

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Elizabeth and Her Times:

Click on the pictures to read about Queen Elizabeth
and the times in which Shakespeare lived.
elizabeth eliz
Elizabeth I Background      Gender Roles

words

Phrases Coined by Shakespeare
  isaac  walter  eliz fashion2 
                          Scientist                              Explorers                         Fashion
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Elizabethan Life:

Click on the pictures to read about the
lifestyle of Shakespeare’s time.
eliz 3       words           eliz fash 3
Life in Elizabethan England     Phrases       Fashion-Click here: Fashion
Ways to Pass the Times                          
 elizabethan-england-superstitions
        Click on blue word for Elizabethan Supernatural Beliefs:  Supernatural
juliet wedding  food  duel
        Love and Marriage    Food and Drink        Honor and Dueling
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Renaissance Italy:

Click on the pictures to read about the setting and times of Romeo and Juliet.

italy map  rj verona adam
              Renaissance                 Verona                 Michelangelo
mona    st peter's    ren wedding  
             Leonardo                     Architecture                      Marriage
 

words

Phrases Coined by Shakespeare
 
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Merry Old England:

Click on the pictures to read about the home country

 of Shakespeare and what it is like today.

 england                 queen                 london2
     England Background          English Culture               Travel Sights
 
 
huanted         haunted 2       words  
               Haunted Britain                       Haunted London             Phrases
                                                                                                                                            
stratford                         globe theater
                           Shakespeare Country                                The New Globe
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Where’s Shakespeare today?

Click here to see the list of the many film versions of Shakespeare’s plays, including modern adaptations.

leo and clare       ten things
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Now that thou knowest the background of the great Bard
of Avon, experts thou art all in thy fields.  Goeth amongst your
fellow students and teacheth what you have learneth.

 

©Copyright 2008 by Pamela Giannotto.  All rights reserved.

 

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