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Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Julius Caesar need not be Greek to kids. The background information and suggestions for teachers, as well as the activities for learners, make this curriculum guide a must-have for your Shakespeare curriculum library.
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Imagery in Hamlet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan takes students through an exploration of the figurative language in "Hamlet."
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Teaching Modules: Hamlet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan asks students to learn about patterns of imagery in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" through online resources.
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Words, Words, Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan for Shakespeare's "Othello" that introduces students to the play's themes and language.
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Tempest in the Lunchroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson plan, young scholars learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Folger Exhibitions: Fooles and Fricassees

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated series of short essays discusses the food and drink of sixteenth-century England, including its production, perceived health benefits, and Christmas fare.
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: Twelfth Night: What's So Funny?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan in which students draw parallels between modern sensibilities of what is humorous and the comedy of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan useful to teachers of any of of Shakespeare's plays in which students retell a scene using only visuals.
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Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plans: King Lear: Multiple Texts, Editions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan in which students compare and contrast Lear's last lines. when he holds the dead Cordelia, from two early editions of King Lear.