Introduction
Today you are going to do some research to understand the life and times of William Shakespeare.
Task
Today you will be researching the life and times of one of the most well-known authors of all time ~ William Shakespeare.
1. Working with a partner, you will use the links for each topic heading and then answer the questions.
2. Answer the questions in your workbook, in full sentences, ensuring you restate the question in your response.
Process
Let's get started!
Shakespeare's Life - Click on the link to answer the questions below.
https://www.bardweb.net/bio.html
1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why?
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
3. What date was he born on?
4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?
5. Shakespeare established himself as an ____________ and _________________
6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?
7. What did he leave his wife in his will?
Religion - Click on the link to answer the questions below.
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/religion-elizabethan-england.htm
8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?
9. Who dictated the favoured religion?
10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?
11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in?
12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favoured religion?
Elizabethan Period- Click on the link to answer the questions below.
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-period.htm
13. What was the Elizabethan Period?
14. When was this period?
15. What was the most significant invention of this time and why?
16. What did this lead to a renewed interest in?
17. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on?
18. Why were people of this period superstitious?
Elizabethan Fashion - Click on the link to answer the questions below.
https://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-clothing.htm
19. Describe what a well-to-do Elizabethan woman might have looked like during this time period.
20. Describe the parts of a woman's dress.
21. How did women wear their hair?
22. Describe men's clothing during this time period.
23. what did the commoner look like?
Education- Click on the links below to answer the questions below.
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/education/boys.html
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/education/girls.ht…
24. What did education depend on?
25. What was the main purpose of schooling?
26. Why were students taught Latin?
27. What was education like for girls during this time period?
Elizabethan Theatre - Click on the link to answer the questions below.
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/elizabethan-theatre.htm
28. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time?
29. What was the name of the first theatre?
30. What was the name of the most famous theatre?
31. What happened to this theatre?
32. Where did people sit or not sit?
33. When did they have performances? Why?
34. How many women performed in these plays?
35. What did the audience do if they didn't like the performance?
Shakespeare's Influence - Click on the link to answer the questions below.
http://www.efficientcode.com/shakespeare/influence-on-language
36. How extensive was Shakespeare's vocabulary?
37. How did Shakespeare influence modern language?
38. Provide an example of a random Shakespeare quote.
39. How did Shakespeare use insults in his plays?
40. How did Shakespeare's influence on modern language reflect that he was a "man of words"?
Evaluation
For this task you will be assessed on the completion of the webquest. This includes answering the questions in full sentences in your own words.
*DO NOT COPY AND PASTE ANSWERS WORD FOR WORD FROM THE WEBSITES!
Conclusion
Now that you are familiar with the context of Shakespeare's works and the environment in which they were written, you will have a better understanding of the meaning behind his words as we work through his impact on the English language and some of the poetry he wrote.
Hope you enjoyed the webquest!
