Wednesday, 03 February
2021
Mr Will Shakespeare
Objectives
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Entry Activity
List all of the facts
you
can
remember
about Shakespeare.
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To recap on prior learning
about Shakespeare.
AF7: Relate texts to their
social
and
historical
context.
AF2:
Understand
and
retrieve information.
Connect
Wrote
over 38
plays.
No-one alive
today is
actually
descended
from
Shakespeare.
Died on
his
birthday
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Shakespeare Quiz
Write out the correct answer in a full sentence in your book.
Shakespeare was the father
of how many children?
1
In 1594 Shakespeare became
2
one of the founding members of
3
what acting company?
4
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
The Royal Shakespeare Company
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Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1564
Stratford was not large, but was an important market
centre in Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of
London.
John Shakespeare married Mary Arden around the
year 1557. John died in 1601 and Mary died in 1608.
A marriage licence bond was issued for William
Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway on November 28,
1582. Anne Hathaway because was pregnant at the
time the bond was issued.
Susanna, born in 1583 and twins Judith and Hamnet,
born in 1585. Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died at
age 11 in 1596.
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Answers
6.
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9.
The Bubonic Plague - During the 14th century it was
called the Black Death, and was responsible for the
death of one quarter to one third of the population of
Europe.
“The Lord Chamberlin’s Men” - Aristocratic patronage
could protect players from the city of London
authorities, who were usually eager to curtail their
activities.
“The Globe” was built in 1599 and was assembled
south of the Thames. It was built from the timbers
of the theater where Shakespeare formerly played,
called “The Theatre”
April 23, 1616 – On his birthday.
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Who would
Shakespeare’s
friends be?
What would people
post on his wall
about life at the
time?
What would his
relationship
status be?
What statuses would
he post about his
upcoming plays?
Would he have
photo albums for
different plays?
Might he link a
business page for the
“Globe Theatre” or
the “Lord Chamberlin’s
Men”?