Introduction
Welcome to our Elizabethan Life WebQuest! In this WebQuest you will explore Elizabethan life and culture in its entirety: from arranged marriages at the age of fourteen, to the fiery, ritualistic festivals of Midsummer's Day, to the whimsical belief in faeries, and the intriguing interpretations of the natural world. Get ready to travel back in time to the age of exploration!
Guiding questions:
Which aspect of the Elizabethan era do you find most interesting and why?
How does Elizabethan life compare to modern times?
Task
With a partner, you will explore all of the links on Elizabethan life and record notes on the note-taking sheet accordingly. When you are completely done with the note-taking sheet, you will select an option from the Conclusion page and complete that option with your partner.
Process
Step 1: Click here to find out about Elizabethan England
Step 2: Click here to find out about William Shakespeare.
Step 2 1/2: Click here to discover some fun facts about William Shakespeare.
Step 3: Click here to find out about Elizabethan England and William Shakespeare.
Step 4: Click here to find out about Religion in the Elizabethan Era. (It's told from the perspective of an Elizabethan)
Step 5: Click here to find out about Weddings of the Elizabethan Era and here for Love and Marriage.
Step 6: Click here to find out about Midsummer's Day (brief historical overview).
Step 6 1/2: Check out this image of Midsummer's Day being celebrated in Sweden.
Step 7: Click here to learn about fairies (be sure to click to enlarge the photo to the right of the article, as it captures a scene from the play) and then click here to learn about the role of fairies in the Elizabethan Era. *Scroll down to the heading: Fairy-tailed
Step 8: Midsummer Night's Dream is set in Athens, Greece. One of the main characters in the play is Theseus, Duke of Athens. Click here to find out about Theseus.
Once you've completed the note-taking sheet after visiting each link, click on the Conclusion button and choose one of the conclusion options to complete with your partner.
Evaluation
Your conclusion mini-project will be assessed using the following criteria:
| Creativity | Accuracy | Execution |
| 1: Lacks creativity |
1: Does not accurately reflect research |
1: Poorly executed; sloppy |
| 2: Somewhat creative |
2: Somewhat accurately reflects research |
2: Executed with some care and attention |
| 3: Creative | 3: Accurately reflects research |
3: Executed with care, and attention to detail |
Total: ______/9
Conclusion
Choose ONE of the options below to complete with your partner and submit for grading:
Choice 1.) Using a sentence strip, create a bumper sticker that creatively represents Elizabethan life. (Think: what might the people of Elizabethan England have protested, or promoted, or bragged about?)
Choice 2.) Create either a Facebook profile page OR an Instagram profile page for William Shakespeare.
Choice 3.) Create a poster that advertises a Midsummer's Day festival/celebration.
Choice 4.) Create an Elizabethan fairy. Sketch the fairy and then below the illustration, briefly explain the fairy's role in society (think about what might cause it to become devious and what might cause it to reward humans).
Choice 5.) Create a cartoon strip to explain the myth of Theseus.
Choice 6.) Make a Venn Diagram and compare and contrast Elizabethan life to modern times.
Credits
Works Cited:
"10 Things You Didn't Know About William Shakespeare." History lists. History.com, 16 July 2013. Web. 26 May 2014.
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-william-shakespeare
"Elizabeth's England." Utah Shakespeare Festival, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
http://www.bard.org/education/studyguides/Shakespeare/elizabeth.html
Ellis, Bill. "Fairy." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 30 May 2014
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar190340
Papp, Joseph, and Elizabeth Kirkland. "Superstition, Folklore, and Astrology in Shakespeare's Time."EXPLORING
Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Irondequoit High School. 27 Feb. 2007
http://www.westirondequoit.org/ihs/library/sup.html
Parkinson, Daniel. "Midsummer's Day." Mysterious Britain and Ireland, n.d. Web 26 May 2014.
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/midsummers-day.html
Powell, Valerie. "The Elizabethan Age." Youtube. Web.25 September 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4NJrxu5Xo
Secara, Maggie. Life in Elizabethan England: A Compilation of Common Knowledge. 11 ed. Spring, 2011. Web. 26 May 2014
http://www.elizabethan.org/compendium/home.html
"Theseus." Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 August 2013. Web. 2 May 2014.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/591825/Theseus
"William Shakespeare 1564-1616." Utah Shakespeare Festival, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
http://www.bard.org/education/studyguides/Midsummer/williamshakespeare.html
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