Simply Shakespeare

Leah Walton2023-12-28T15:35:13-05:00

Welcome to Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for a Homeschool Curriculum: Simply Shakespeare

How can younger students learn about, appreciate, and perform Shakespeare? Simply Shakespeare is just the course to help any third through ninth grade homeschooler enjoy Shakespearean plays. After giving students the background and reading a selection from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, this extracurricular fine arts course prompts discussion, studies vocabulary, and guides the performance of more than twelve plays. This course also includes additional drama lessons to enhance your student’s Shakespearean experience.

Getting Started with Simply Shakespeare, Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for Homeschoolers

Homeschool students can study and perform the plays of Shakespeare in their own homes with this online Shakespeare drama course! Simply Shakespeare exposes homeschool students to the background of the plays of Shakespeare and uses discussion prompts to help them understand the characters, motives, etc. There are also in-depth discussion questions to help students study the plays of Shakespeare from a Biblical point of view, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the vocabulary used in the plays. This online Shakespeare drama course can enrich any student’s study. Lessons are also beneficial to students trying to understand these plays in their literature courses or those who may work with these plays in later grades. Simply Shakespeare is designed for any family anywhere as an extracurricular fine arts activity.

Overview

12+ Units
Includes text-based lessons, discussion questions, vocabulary, performance tips, and additional activities
Grades: 3rd-9th

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb; legos and various art supplies; Bible for daily devotional readings; journal for notetaking and research.

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and lessons file. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Simply Shakespeare, Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for Homeschoolers

A Few Thoughts for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Note for Families and Only Children

As an only child and former homeschooled student, I am keenly aware that the idea of performing selections from a Shakespearean play can seem daunting and intimidating. However, no matter the size or age of your family, you can all fully participate in Simply Shakespeare! Invite fellow homeschoolers in your area, cousins, or friends (whether far away or in your church) to come and help you; visiting family and friends will also be able to reap the benefits of time well spent in this kid-friendly project.

If you cannot find other people to help, Barbie dolls are an excellent resource! Dress them in whatever costumes you choose, construct backdrops and scenery pieces from cardboard and construction paper, and experiment with different voices for your characters in the play. LEGO people can also be recruited as additional support! Your imagination is the limit.

Simply Shakespeare is designed for any family anywhere and uniquely formatted for an extracurricular fine arts activity; the activities can be completed in a week or comfortably spaced over several weeks’ time. With continued opportunities for improving communication skills, you and your family will have every tool and resource to ensure an enjoyable time with the works of William Shakespeare. By reading and acting together, your entire family will benefit artistically, educationally, and spiritually.

To view a full sample of this class, click here.

Transcript Information for Simply Shakespeare, Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for Homeschoolers

This online Shakespeare drama course counts as a drama elective. The homeschool student who thoroughly completes six units may earn 1.0 academic credit.

*Please be informed of your state’s academic requirements.

Visit our High School Help page for resources and information about:

Finding out your state’s academic requirements.
How to create a transcript
Keeping a schedule
Career Exploration
And more!

Course Outline for Simply Shakespeare, Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for Homeschoolers

More than a dozen self-contained online Shakespeare drama course units are available, along with additional drama lessons that explore Shakespeare through music, celebrations, and even a challenge.

Weeks One and Two: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Weeks Three and Four: As You Like It
Weeks Five and Six: The Comedy of Errors
Weeks Seven and Eight: Hamlet
Weeks Nine and Ten: Henry V: This Wooden O
Weeks Eleven and Twelve: King Lear
Weeks Thirteen and Fourteen: Macbeth
Weeks Fifteen and Sixteen: The Merchant of Venice
Weeks Seventeen and Eighteen: Romeo and Juliet
Weeks Nineteen and Twenty: The Taming of the Shrew
Weeks Twenty-One and Twenty-Two: The Tempest
Week Twenty-Three: Twelfth Night
Weeks Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Weeks Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven: The Winter’s Tale
Week Twenty-Eight: Fall Festival
Week Twenty-Nine: Lego Movie Challenge
Week Thirty: Rest Ye Merry
Week Thirty-One: Harmonies of Grace
Week Thirty-Two: Articles by Rachel Rogish

More About Simply Shakespeare, Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for Homeschoolers

What these Tales shall have been to the young readers, that and much more it is the writer’s wish that the true Plays of Shakespeare may prove to them in older years – enrichers of fancy, strengtheners of virtue, a withdrawing from all selfish and mercenary thoughts, a lesson of all sweet and honorable thoughts and actions to teach courtesy, benignity, generosity, humanity: for of examples, teaching these virtues, his pages are full. ~ Charles Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare

Welcome to Simply Shakespeare! As an only child and former homeschool student, lesson designer Rachel Ann Rogish is keenly aware that the idea of performing selections from a Shakespearean play can seem daunting and intimidating. However, no matter the size of a family or ages of its members, all can fully participate in Simply Shakespeare! Invite fellow homeschoolers, cousins, or friends (whether far or near) to participate; visiting family and friends will also be able to reap the benefits of this kid-friendly project.

Short on people to perform? Dolls and plastic figures are an excellent resource! Tips are provided to seemingly bring them to life. Each online Shakespeare drama course unit includes a vocabulary section, Performer’s Corner (go-to guide for producing the performance), and lots of material to help Shakespeare not only make sense, but also come alive! Homeschool students may even find that some of what he says relates to their everyday lives.

Simply Shakespeare is designed for any family anywhere and uniquely formatted for an extracurricular fine arts experience. These online Shakespeare drama course activities can be completed in a week or comfortably spaced across several weeks’ time. By reading and acting together, the entire family can benefit artistically, educationally, and spiritually!

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Simply Shakespeare

Length: 12+ units
Content type: Text based
Grades: 3-9

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Quick Start

1. Bookmark the course for easy access during instruction.

2. Click “View Lesson Plan” and organize as desired (on computer desktop or in a printed format).

3. Gather necessary resources as listed in the lesson plan.

4. Click “Go to Class Lessons” and get started.

5. Enjoy the course!

6. Utilize Applecore or your own record keeping system throughout the course.

7. Print a certificate of completion.

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Welcome to Our Online Shakespeare Drama Course for a Homeschool Curriculum: Simply Shakespeare

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1. Bookmark the course for easy access during instruction.

2. Click “View Lesson Plan” and organize as desired (on computer desktop or in a printed format).

3. Gather necessary resources as listed in the lesson plan.

4. Click “Go to Class Lessons” and get started.

5. Enjoy the course!

6. Utilize Applecore or your own record keeping system throughout the course.

7. Print a certificate of completion.

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