Teaching King Henry V | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Act 1, Prologue The objective of this lesson is to introduce the play to the class and to analyze some elements of Shakespearean drama such as the role of the chorus and the way plays of the Elizabethan era were usually conducted. If possible, provide external source material regarding the Globe Theater and the attitude toward drama in Elizabethan society. Also, be sure to tell students...
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