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And . . . Freeze!
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"Your students will be reading a short section of a scene very closely and developing tableaux as a start to the performance process. . . .
This lesson will take one class period."
[Visited 18 Aug. 2005.]
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Anon
Methought the Umbrellas Began to Move
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"This activity involves the whole
class in a simple but effective dramatization of the Third Apparition's
prophecy in 4.1 regarding Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane.. . . .
This lesson will take one class period."
[Visited 6 Aug. 2005.]
- "Double,
double, toil and trouble": A Dual Exploration of
Macbeth
- "The goal of this lesson is for students to
experience—to see, hear, and feel—the differences between
characters (especially supernatural versus royal) when students, as actors,
have to take on more than one role. . . . This lesson
will take two 50-minute class periods."
[Visited 12
Aug. 2005.]
- Macbeth: What's Up with the Crime Scene?
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"This lesson will introduce students to Macbeth by having them act
out the scene where Duncan's murder is discovered. The trick is that all of
the stage directions and characters' names have been removed from the text."
[Visited 14 August 2005.]
- "Murder Under Trust": Macbeth and Scottish Law
- "Distribute the handout of the 51st act of the 11th parliament: The laws and actes of Parliament . . . under King James I, which deals with the crime of "murder under trust.' . . . Have students compare this law with Macbeth's opening soliloquy in 1.7."
[Visited 18
Aug. 2005.]
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The
32-second Macbeth
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"Have nine volunteers take their places at the
front of the room. Assign roles and let the actors read through the script
once, for rehearsal. Then get out your stopwatch and see if your students
can make or break the 32-second record."
[The script consists of
21 lines chosen to represent the whole play, from beginning to end. Visited 6 Aug. 2005.]
- The Macbeth Tango
- "Download and print the handout of five scenes that highlight the Macbeths' interaction throughout the play. . . . Have the students prepare the scene as a dance."
[Visited 18
Aug. 2005.]
- The Tragedy of ?
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"This lesson will allow students to examine the term 'tragedy'. It will guide students to scrutinize each of the plays' characters and eventually lead them to discover what makes a character tragic."
[Visited 18 August 2005.]
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www.Macbeth
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"Students will use online resources in order to examine patterns of imagery in Macbeth.
. . .
This lesson will take two class periods. . . Have the students use the online concordance to examine their sets of images. . . ."
[Visited 6 Aug. 2005.]
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