Reflecting on my second lesson, I think it was decently successful. I guess focusing on the Amazons and their importance to the play may have been more interesting, but the binary of marriage models stood out most to me in Act I. If it was done over two class period, maybe the lesson would work better. I’m really not sure. I did think it was effective because of its incorporation of a modern day television show and a period piece, both of which focused on the same thing. To me, that really demonstrated that Shakespeare is relevant, even to our potential high school students. But, attached at the hip to cell phones and facebook, how could Shakespeare ever be relevant? Well, he was playing with themes and ideas that we’re still dealing with—in this case, marriage and the role and impact of family on that institution.
Here are the citations for my presentation (not sure how to cite them):
Clark, Ron. Get Thee To A Wife!. Folger Shakespeare Library. June 2009 http://folger.edu/eduLesPlanDtl.cfm?lpid=598
Gibbons, Charles. A Work Worth Reading. Early English Books Online. Carol Grutnes Belk Library, Boone. June 2009
http://0-eebo.chadwyck.com.wncln.wncln.org/
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