Ireland

On Saint Patrick’s Day : http://www.projectbritain.com/nationaldays/ireland.html

On Northern Ireland : http://www.projectbritain.com/northern_ireland.html

Ireland country profile :

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038581.stm

 

Shakespeare

Horrible Histories :

WEBQUEST

The final project will be a presentation on Shakespeare’s life and work, the Elizabethan Era and important places in Shakespeare’s life.

The class will be divided into groups of three students.

Each group will have a specific theme to work on.

ACTIVITY 1.

GROUP 1: William Shakespeare

Biographers:    Create a poster including the main information on Shakespeare’s life.

Shakespeare on line
Shakespeare’s life and times
William Shakespeare’s information site map
William Shakespeare’s biography
William Shakespeare in wikipedia

GROUP 2:  William Shakespeare´s work    

Work researchers: Create a poster including the main information on Shakespeare’s work

The complete works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare’s information site map
The first Folio
                 – William Shakespeare’s in wikipedia

GROUP 3: Elizabethan period

Period historians:    Create a poster including the main information on the Elizabethan period.

Elizabethan Age
Elizabethan period

GROUP 4: 

Place historians: Create a poster including the main information you found.

Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabethan Laws
                   – Religion in Elizabethan England

GROUP 5:

Everyday life historians:   Create a poster including the main information you found.

Elizabethan life

GROUP 6: 

Famous Elizabethans :  Create a poster including the main information you found.

Famous Elizabethans

GROUP 7: Elizabethan theatre

Architects: Create a poster including the main information you found.

Elizabethan playhouses
Theatre facts
Map and sites
The Globe
Theatre aspects

GROUP 8

Literary critics: Create a poster including the main information you found.

– Elizabethan drama
Elizabethan actors
Costumes

GROUP 9:

Stratford-upon-Avon : Create a poster including the main information you found.

Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon
Visit Stratford-upon-Avon
                         – Stratford-upon-Avon in wikipedia

ACTIVITY 2 : ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Present your work to your classmates.

 ACTIVITY 3. A QUIZ
Quiz : http://zunal.com/quiz.php?w=189978

                                      FOR FUN

Shakespeare is also known for his insults. Create your own shakespearean insults here :

http://www.jokerdesigns.com/bitspieces/insults.htm