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See Shakespeare's Hamlet

If there is no staged production of Hamlet at the time, get a DVD of Hamlet and view it in class.

Calligraphy

Letters in Elizabethan England were all hand written in beautiful calligraphy. Find samples of this and display them in class. Even better would be having a talented student make some samples.

Coins and Probability

Spin a coin 50 times and record how many times it comes up heads and how many times it comes up tails.

Elizabethan Costumes

Find pictures from books or the internet of Elizabethan costumes and display them in class

Write a Dramatic or Comic Scene

Using one of Shakespeare's plays, write a scene that incorporates modern language with lines from Shakespeare's play.

Word Extraction

Using the names ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN have a contest to see who can make the most words of four or more letters in 15 minutes.

Invite a Director

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