The Legendary Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's Day
Today we're going to learn a bit about The Globe Theatre, a very famous play house from Shakespeare's time.
To start off we're going to watch a very short video on The Globe Theatre, to give you some background on the building.
Next, download the file below (word document) and fill in the answers. It's a Globe Theatre scavenger hunt, so use the sources below to find your answers online!
Globe Scavenger Hunt Checklist of Online Resources
For this scavenger hunt, you're going to visit the resources listed below and gather information about the theater in Shakespeare's time. Record your observations on the Student Organizer and be ready to present your findings.
Virtual Tour - Shakespeare's Globe http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/virtual-tour Get a 360-degree view of the stage, yard, middle gallery, and upper gallery. Be sure to watch all four! Remember, you can tilt your view so you can look on all sides as well as up and down.
The Swan— Internet Shakespeare Editions http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/stage/public%20theater/swan.html#n ote12 This resource shows one of the few surviving drawings of a theater in Shakespeare's time. The image shows a drawing of the Swan Theater. Be sure to roll your mouse over the image and click when the cursor changes to get information about the different parts of the theater.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - 3D Model http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/globe/ Be sure to check out:
QuickTime movie showing reconstruction of stage doors, trap, heavens, and backstage of Globe Theatre. Graveyard scene (Act V, Scene i) from Hamlet
Thomas Platter - The Norton Anthology of English Literature http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic_4/tplatter.htm Read the first three paragraphs to get a description of what it was like to go to the theater from a Swiss tourist in 1599.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=The_Globe_Theatre&video_id=190671
To start off we're going to watch a very short video on The Globe Theatre, to give you some background on the building.
Next, download the file below (word document) and fill in the answers. It's a Globe Theatre scavenger hunt, so use the sources below to find your answers online!
Globe Scavenger Hunt Checklist of Online Resources
For this scavenger hunt, you're going to visit the resources listed below and gather information about the theater in Shakespeare's time. Record your observations on the Student Organizer and be ready to present your findings.
Virtual Tour - Shakespeare's Globe http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/virtual-tour Get a 360-degree view of the stage, yard, middle gallery, and upper gallery. Be sure to watch all four! Remember, you can tilt your view so you can look on all sides as well as up and down.
The Swan— Internet Shakespeare Editions http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/stage/public%20theater/swan.html#n ote12 This resource shows one of the few surviving drawings of a theater in Shakespeare's time. The image shows a drawing of the Swan Theater. Be sure to roll your mouse over the image and click when the cursor changes to get information about the different parts of the theater.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - 3D Model http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/globe/ Be sure to check out:
QuickTime movie showing reconstruction of stage doors, trap, heavens, and backstage of Globe Theatre. Graveyard scene (Act V, Scene i) from Hamlet
Thomas Platter - The Norton Anthology of English Literature http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic_4/tplatter.htm Read the first three paragraphs to get a description of what it was like to go to the theater from a Swiss tourist in 1599.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=The_Globe_Theatre&video_id=190671
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