Hamlet is a play about revenge, love, and ghosts, and it follows the title character through a psychologically traumatizing time in his life this ap literature teaching unit helps you teach hamlet and at the same time prepare your students for the ap literature and composition exam. Our building on capitol hill is closed due to a major building renovation project, but folger events and programs continue on the road and around washington, dc. Hamlets life was certainly full of stress, and we saw what happened to him and those around him. Writing, researching, knowing students will study vision, interpretation and action in the plays macbeth and hamlet. This lesson is about one of shakespeares most popular pla.
Here is a lesson plan to help students develop the necessary skills for literary analysis by focusing on individual scenes from the play. Students have read play through once or are reading it concurrently with the first six days of the unit and completed the elizabethan languagesonnet study. Emphasis in the unit is on group work and activities since the aim is for students to have a lot of handson work. This unit introduces students to shakespearean language and focuses on developing understanding of thematic connections throughout the play. Hamlet lesson plans and teaching ideas free english learning and teaching resources. Hamlet unit plan robert childs digital toolbox confluence. Hamlet is especially important for grade 12 students to study, since hamlet is faced with important lifechanging decisions, family issues, and love problems.
Raising hamlet from the dead ubc education library. People think hamlet is mad in his love for ophelia. One of the bestknown plays ever written and undoubtedly william shakespeares most popular, hamlet was first performed in 1601 or 1602. Only the student materials in this unit plan such as worksheets, study questions, and tests may be reproduced multiple times for use in the purchasers classroom. Students will produce a missing scene drama kit to demonstrate their comprehensive understanding and knowledge of hamlet.
Hamlet reading strategies and activities, including an anticipation guide, a vocabulary assignment, and understanding being misunderstood, an activity that. To learn more about hamlet and his soliloquy to practise speaking through discussion to practise writing advice level. Teachers talented at writing scripts might modernize the basic plot line of hamlet in a simple readers theater script, perhaps as an afternoon soap opera, and have students present the drama to the class. Analyze the development of the theme of selfreliance in master and commander by patrick obrien. This lesson is about one of shakespeares most popular pla hamlet. Claudius sends hamlet away as part of a deadly plot. Work on passages activity or your hamlet study as you desire and time dictates. Rising action hamlet arranges a plan to stage a play reenacting his fathers death. In the article, the sanity of hamlet, tenney davis diagnoses hamlet with being overly fond of logic. You can rely on this wellresearched unit as a strong base for your lesson plan it was written. Hamlet unit plan megan milne grade 12 unit rationale.
Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present king. Ophelia irrationally, claudius is suspicious of his behavior and makes plans to sent hamlet to england iii, i. This unit studies the characteristics of a tragedy and how multiple meanings of words affect the interpretation of shakespeares writing. A lesson in theme developed by steven christiansen this introduction to hamlet gets students thinking about the issues in the play in ways that relate to their own lives and values, accessing prior knowledge of the themes and. My students also love to act, so i want to teach shakespeare with a more performancebased approach. Erickson and savoie hamlet unit plan 1 hamlet unit plan grade 12 english 301 unit plan by. To make hamlet relevant to todays students, we have included modern film adaptations of the play, as well as current newspaper articles and additional readings. With lessons intended to last approximately 90 minutes, but that can easily be divided into multiple lessons, and activities.
Recall that the exposition of a play provides key details that will inform our understanding of the plot and characters. These lesson plans are designed to follow the introductory unit. Hamlet downloadable ap teaching unit prestwick house. The unit plan in this lesson will help guide your instruction while freeing up your energy to attend to your students. Hist359educ346b lesson planning form for differentiating.
Hamlet, by william shakespeare, is a tragedy that contemplates life, death, and revenge. Hamlet, by william shakespeare, is a tragedy that contemplates life, death, and revenge the teaching unit for hamlet gives you a comprehensive academic framework that saves you hours of prep work you can rely on this wellresearched unit as a strong base for your lesson plan it was written by one of our seasoned educators with your needs in mind. Hist359educ346b lesson planning form for differentiating instruction teacher lisa samy date subject topic literary response and analysis theme literature i. Drew erickson and brettney savoie authors note this unit is a collaboration effort. This lesson allows students to discuss their personal reactions to issues of family relationships in light of the plot, characterization, and themes of the play. For any additional questions, contact teachers pet publications. Film clips of hamlets to be or not to be soliloquy from. Although it strives to have an underlying sense of unity, there are some minor differences, such as the layout of the daily lesson plans. The lesson plan and student worksheets can be downloaded in pdf format below. He sets out to confirm the information and avenge his death. If you and your class enjoyed this curriculum plan, youll want to try. Even those who have never read nor seen the play have at least a passing familiarity with its. It will also help build on their understanding of the play and its themes, as well as the literary devices used.
Hamlet unit plan the birds cage home pdf book manual. The tragedy of hamlet teachingenglish british council bbc. Finally, students consider hamlets point of view and evaluate whether hamlet is feigning madness. Our goal in this unit is to help students see hamlet as a play not only of yesterday, but. From ophelias description, it is obvious that hamlets plan of feigned madness is under way. The tragedy of hamlet lesson plan topic teachingenglish. The students will have already read all of act 1 of.
Hamlets subsequent odd behaviour, especially with ophelia. Although it strives to have an underlying sense of unity, there are some minor differences, such as. This will be used as a crosscurricular supplemental lesson during hamlet unit. For this unit plan students in twelfth grade british literature ap will be reading and studying the play hamlet by william shakespeare. Hamlet observes that claudius is visibly upset by the play. During the exposition of hamlet, we are introduced to hamlet who is depicted as stereotypically melancholy. Published in the journal of philosophy, this article defines the symptoms that hamlet exhibits in his potential madness. Through textual analysis and writing, students explore the intersection of seeing and knowing as presented in the two plays. A unit plan based on the play by william shakespeare written by janet costa, m. What follows is a selection of lesson plans geared to teaching high school students, specifically seniors though i feel that all grades could benefit from the lessons, william shakespeares hamlet. Voltimand cornelius rosencrantz guildenstern osric courtiers. When a group of players arrives at the danish court to entertain, hamlet arranges for them to perform the murder of. You do not need to select a plan or take a free trial in order to use your credits.
When polonius approaches hamlet, hamlet answers his questions although he believes polonius to be a foolish old man. Intermediate introduction this lesson looks at a very well known shakespeare text, hamlets soliloquy, which begins to be or not to be. How to teach hamlet jmu scholarly commons james madison. This year, your eoc carries more weight than others in. You can rely on this wellresearched unit as a strong base for your lesson plan it was written by one of our seasoned educators with your needs. The players perform their drama in which the events portrayed, with hamlet s alterations, almost duplicate the circumstances surrounding king hamlet s death. Davis argues that the reader can never know if hamlet. Overview this unit is specialized to cover a shakespearean play. Even though there are a lot of different activities. This unit about hamlet is a good time to talk about stress and ways to deal with it. Introduction to hamlet teacher guide hamlet lesson plan introduction to hamlet. Hamlet unit plan grade 12 english 301 unit plan by.
Objectives how does this lesson tie in to a unit plan. The teaching unit for hamlet gives you a comprehensive academic framework that saves you hours of prep work. A followup to this activity might include a class discussion in which students examine how the plot unfolds. Meanwhile, he acts as if he is insane to throw people off. Included in this guide are activities for students of varying abilities, background on the play, an actbyact synopsis, suggestions for organizing instruction, a list of. Hamlet had shown a romantic interest in ophelia, but her father, polonius, intervened, insisting she reject the princes attentions. From ophelias description, it is obvious that hamlets plan of feigned madness is. Main conflict hamlet is given news that his uncle killed his father. Hamlet remains one of shakespeares most popular plays. Hamlet, now free to act, mistakenly kills polonius, thinking he is claudius. Hamlet lesson plans lesson plans for hamlet enotes. Alongside the king james bible, hamlet may be the most influential text in the history of the english language. This comprehensive unit for hamlet contains everything you will need to not only teach shakespeares play, but also to keep the students engaged. Our goal in this unit is to help students see hamlet as a play not only of.
This project will be a summative assessment, and to be successful, students must complete the following. Essentially a complete teachers guide and novel unit, this litplan teacher pack includes lesson plans and reproducible student materials for hamlet by william shakespeare. Making shakespeare accessible to the high school student. Revenge in hamlet a sixweek conceptual unit prepared by. He comes up with a plan to act as if he is mad to conceal his true intentions from the new king while he seeks concrete proof of his guilt. Table of contents hamlet introduction 10 unit objectives reading assignment sheet 14 unit outline 15 study questions short answer 19 quizstudy questions multiple choice 26 prereading vocabulary worksheets 43 lesson one introductory lesson 51 nonfiction assignment sheet 54 oral reading evaluation form 58 writing assignment 1 60. Essentially a complete teachers guide and novel unit, this litplan teacher pack includes lesson plans and reproducible student materials for. Hamlet can be an extraordinary play to teach, but it is far from simple. The purpose of reading hamlet with my students is twofold. Hamlet is a monument of shakespeares talent, and as such teachers have the exciting opportunity to proceed in infinite directions in their teaching of the work. Unit objectives hamlet through viewing laurence oliviers, franco zeffirellis, and kenneth branaghs film versions of shakespeares hamlet, students will see how one director interprets the text of the play. Outline of 10th grade english welcome to honors english ii, the second, but the most vital, class in your high school english career.
This unit was designed to allow students to actively participate in reinventing the play. Presentations ppt, key, pdf logging in or signing up. Teacher conferencing as needed for your hamlet study. These lesson plans are also designed as a supplement to the textual study guides and lesson plans that can be found at any of our enotes to the plays. A followup to this activity might include a class discussion. Additionally, i want to expose my students to shakespearean comedy as well as tragedy. Its easy to add this unit to your lesson plan, and it will save you hours of preparation.