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Hamlet in the Classroom

(Hamlet: page 5)

courses, lectures, general approaches / study questions, essay topics / teaching resources / teaching units / sites for students /
deutsche Webseiten / en français / just for fun
see also:
Proseminar Hamlet (2002): course programme, film programme, reading Hamlet, bibliography, editing Hamlet

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productions and performances : stage history / actors, pictures of performances / reviews of productions / film versions (1900 - 2002)
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adaptations in literature / parodies / adaptations in music : musicals - operas and incidental music - songs - ballets / paintings, engravings / popular culture: tourism
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bibliographies - historical criticism - recent criticism
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in the classroom: courses, lectures, general approaches / study questions, essay topics / teaching resources / teaching units / sites for students / deutsche Webseiten / en français / just for fun
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Proseminar Hamlet (2002): course programme, film programme, reading Hamlet, bibliography, editing Hamlet
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A project in progress: Hamlet revisited: Uses (allusions, quotations etc.) in later texts. Based on a Moby version of Hamlet

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in the classroom

see also (on this site):
Education - Shakespeare in the classroom

courses, lectures, general approaches

Delaney, Ian.
Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet. (1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/course.html] (Febr. 2002)

Delville, Michel and Michel, Pierre, University of Liège:
Introduction to Hamlet, Engl. version by Eriks Uskalis [http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamleteng.htm]
Introduction à Hamlet en
français [http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamletfr.htm]

Howard, Mareen C.
"A Hands-On Apporach to Teaching Hamlet" Yale, New Haven Teachers Institute. [http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/5/83.05.04.x.html] (Jan. 2002)

Jones, Andy.
Online English - The Hamlet Module. [http://cai.ucdavis.edu/onlineenglish/Shakespeare.html] (Jan. 2002)

Marx, Steven.
Triangulating Shakespeare: lecture notes [http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/Shakespeare/triang/Tragedies/tragedies.html]

McDougal-Lyttel.
Hamlet grief, guilt and revenge. [http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/litcons/hamlet/guide.cfm] (Febr. 2002)

Moore, Andrew.
Studying Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Preparation for GCSE exams, study questions to the play and to the Zeffirelli film version. (2002) [http://www.shunsley.eril.net/armoore/shakespeare/hamlet.htm] (Febr. 2002)

Roseblade, Chris. Hamlet page. [http://www.mtsn.org.uk/staff/staffpages/cer/hamlet/hamlist.htm] (Febr. 2002)

study questions, essay topics

Bayne, Kathryn.
The Tragedy of Hamlet 6 student activities (essay topics). San Diego County Office of Education. (Copyright©1997) [http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/ham/hamsg1.html] (Febr. 2002)

Cummings, Michael.
Study Guide to Shakespeare. [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#top] (Jan. 2002) Hamlet [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#tophamletPD.html#Hamlet]

Massi, J. M.
study questions. [http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/wssq/hamlet.html] (25/04/01)

Shmoop Hamlet Summary, plot analysis, study questions etc. ed. Paul Thompson [http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/] (Dec. 2009)

teaching resources

Shakespeare Magazine Teaching Resources, Hamlet. [http://www.shakespearemag.com/play.asp?id=28] (Jan. 2002)

Hamlet [http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3544.html] (May 2002)

Shakespeare for Teachers and Students: (Internet School Library Media Centre) Hamlet lesson plans [http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/shakes.htm] (Jan. 2002)

TeachersFirst Shakespeare: Hamlet. links to lesson plans [http://www.teachersfirst.com/bard/hamlet.html] (Febr. 2002)

The Web English Teacher [http://www.webenglishteacher.com/shakespeare.html] (Febr. 2002)

McWorther, Patty. A Teacher's Guide to Hamlet (Penguin) [http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/academic/resources/guides/shakham/frame.htm] (Febr. 2002)

Roseblade, Chris. Hamlet page. [http://www.mtsn.org.uk/staff/staffpages/cer/hamlet/hamlist.htm] (March 2002)
images / imagery (death and skulls in paintings) [http://www.mtsn.org.uk/staff/staffpages/cer/hamlet/visual_imagery.htm] (March 2002)

Art: paintings from 1700 onwards (mainly Hamlet and the Ghost) [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/collections/art/ayartdb/ayartdb.htm] (March 2002)

Pictures of actors playing Hamlet and the Ghost [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/collections/art/ayartdb/ayartdb.htm] (March 2002)



Shmoop Hamlet Summary, plot analysis, study questions etc. ed. Paul Thompson [http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/] (Dec. 2009)


teaching units

a) before the play:

Peters, Suzanne.
And on the First Day There was Performance (before the play, 55-minute class period)
Herr, Diane Antonelli.
Pre-unit Writing Establishes Emotional Connections (before the play 1-2 class periods)
Jessop, Marianne.
Hamlet Hook (Introduction to reading, 1 lesson) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=42] (Febr. 2002)

b) for act I
Bennet, Barbara.
Spirit stalks Elsinore ( I. 1.) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=30] (Febr. 2002)
Andrews, Richard and Rex Gibson
Setting the Scene for Hamlet ( Act 1, 45 minutes)
Libbey, Mary Beth.
Like, Wow (act 1.1.) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=65] (Febr. 2002)
Parella, Vincent.
Preparing for the War of Hamlet (act 1.1.78-137) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=25] (Febr. 2002)
- for 1.2.
Beekley, Jenny.
You Can't Go Home Again (or, If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother) (directing Hamlet 1.2; 2 days) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=28] (Febr. 2002)
- for I.4.
Field-Pickering, Janet.
Giving up the Ghost: Ways of seeing the Ghost in Hamlet. (I.4.43-62) 2 lessons, with pictures and video clips. [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/lessonplans/jfpickering/index1.htm] (March 2002)
Field-Pickering, Janet. Word pictures and Ghost stories. (I.4.43-62) http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/lessonplans/jfpickering/index2.htm] (March 2002)
Dakin, Mary Ellen.
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. (1.4, 2 units) [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/lessonplans/medakin/index1.htm] (March 2002)
Staging a scene from Hamlet (scene I.4., as it might have been performed in the Globe) [http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLT/stage/scenesubj.html] (March 2002)
- for I. 5
Dakin, Mary Ellen.
"Remember Me": Retribution and Reconciliation in Hamlet Act I. V. [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/lessonplans/medakin/index2.htm] (March 2002)

c) for act III

Tolaydo, Michael.
Dumbshow Makes for Smart Move (Act 3, 1-2 class periods)
Thisted, Pat.
"To Be or Not to Be": Voicing the Argument ( Act 3, 50-60 minutes)
Mulcahy, Francis.
The Language of the "Undiscovered Country" ("To be or not to be", 3.1.64-98; 2-5 lessons) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=12] (Febr. 2002)

c) for act IV

Field-Pickering, Janet.
Enter Ophelia: stage directions, promptbooks, and film (act IV). Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=77] (Febr. 2002)

Toshack, H. S. Hamlet: A Study Commentary. Sample for
Act IV.2 [http://www.litworks.com/Hamlet%20Sample%20Section.htm] (July 2004)

d) for act V
Porter, Lori M.
Horatio's Story (act 5.2.413-428, 1 lesson) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=60] (Febr. 2002)

e) after having read the play
Muir, Luisa.
The Tragedy of ? the concept of tragedy; (after having read the play. 1-2 lessons) Folger lesson plans. [http://www.folger.edu/education/lesson.cfm?lessonid=127] (Febr. 2002)
Rosenblade, Chris. tragedy. [http://www.mtsn.org.uk/staff/staffpages/cer/hamlet/Tragedy_Greeks_to_Renaissance.htm] (March 2002) (March 2002)
Cabat, Joshua H. "
Coming anon to a theatre near thee": Hamlet Trailers (after the play, several days)
Litauer, Joel Summer.
Teaching Guide (using the internet) [http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/shakespeare/hamletmain.html] (Febr. 2002)
This month's theme: Hamlet.
discussing 4 different film versions: Olivier, Jacobi, Gibson, Branagh. [http://www.mindspring.com/~jamesthomas/theme.htm] (Jan. 2002)
teach with movies: Hamlet, (Zefirelli / Mel Gibson) [http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/hamlet-prince-of-denmark.html] (Febr. 2002)

Hamlet a Woman? [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/hamlet_a_woman/index.htm] (March 2002)
Vining, Edward P.
The Mystery of Hamlet (1881), excerpt. [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/hamlet_a_woman/vining.htm] (March 2002)
Asta Nielson as
Hamlet (1920), with video clips [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/hamlet_a_woman/female_gaze.htm] (March 2002)

Hamlet sites for students

Proseminar Literature and Culture Studies 2002: Hamlet (Basel): course programme
Editing Hamlet

Hamlet online (good links for students) [http://www.tk421.net/essays/hamlet/hamlet.html] (Jan. 2002)
Shakespeare for Teachers and Students (Internet School Library Media Centre) [http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/shakes.htm] (Jan. 2002)
Tutorials from Hamlet on the Ramparts [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/index.htm] (March 2002)
What is a Folio [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/what_is_a_folio/index.htm] (March 2002)

Cummings, Michael.
The Complete Shakespeare - Study Guide to Shakespeare. [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#top] (Jan. 2002) Hamlet [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#tophamletPD.html#Hamlet]

Delaney, Ian.
Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet. (1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/index.html] (Febr. 2002)

Delville, Michel and Michel, Pierre, University of Liège:
Introduction to Hamlet, Engl. version by Eriks Uskalis [http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamleteng.htm]
Introduction à Hamlet en
français [http://www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/germa/hamletfr.htm]

Ed Friedlander, "
Enjoying Hamlet" Hamlet page [http://www.pathguy.com/hamlet.htm]

Hamlet on the ramparts lesson plans, films etc. by the MIT Shakespeare Project. [http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/lessonplans/index.htm] (Aug. 2001)

Lynch Multimedia: Shakespeare for young readers; prose adaptations, audio versions, classroom versions.[http://www.lynchmultimedia.com/shakespeare.html]

Mabillard, Ann.
Hamlet's Soliloquies (annotated) [http://shakespeare.about.com/arts/shakespeare/library/weekly/aa061500a.htm]

Moore, Andrew.
Studying Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Preparation for GCSE exams, study questions to the play and to the Zeffirelli film version. (2002) [http://www.shunsley.eril.net/armoore/shakespeare/hamlet.htm] (Febr. 2002)

Philipps, Bryan.
Spark Notes [http://www.sparknotes.com/guides/hamlet/]

Weller, Philipp:
Hamlet Navigator [http://www.clicknotes.com/hamlet/]

Shmoop Hamlet Summary, plot analysis, study questions etc. ed. Paul Thompson [http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/] (Dec. 2009)

when reading the play:

Act I
Study questions (and model answers) to
act I. from: Ian Delaney, A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Shakespearean Education 1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/quest1.html] (March 2002)
An interactive
quiz on act I [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-1-1.htm] (March 2002)
another
quiz on act I [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-1-2.htm] (March 2002) )
a third
quiz on act I [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-1-3.htm](March 2002)
A quiz on the
play's characters: [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz.htm] (March 2002)
Who said that?
quotations from act I [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamlet-qt-1.htm] (March 2002)

Act II
Study questions (and model answers)
to act II from: Ian Delaney, A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Shakespearean Education 1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/quest2.html] (March 2002)
An interactive
quiz on act II [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-2-1.htm] (March 2002)
another interactive
quiz on act II: [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-2-2.htm] (March 2002)
interactive
quiz on quotations from act II: [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamlet-qt-2.htm] (March 2002)
interactive
quiz on Norway and Denmark: [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz2.htm] (March 2002)

Act III
Study questions (and model answers)
to act III from: Ian Delaney, A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Shakespearean Education 1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/quest3.html](March 2002)
An interactive
quiz on act III [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-3-1.htm] (March 2002)
another interactive
quiz on act III [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-3-2.htm] (March 2002)
and a third interactive
quiz on act III [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-3-3.htm] (March 2002)

Act IV
Study questions (and model answers)
to act IV from: Ian Delaney, A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Shakespearean Education 1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/quest4.html] (March 2002)

An interactive
quiz on act IV [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-4.htm] (March 2002)

Act V
Study questions (and model answers)
to act V from: Ian Delaney, A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Shakespearean Education 1999) [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/quest5.html] (March 2002)
An interactive
quiz on act V.1 [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-5-1.htm] (March 2002)
An interactive
quiz on act V.2 [http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/hamquiz-5-2.htm] (March 2002)

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deutsche Webseiten

Gröchel, André:
William Shakespeare - Hamlet: Informationen zu Quellen, Einführung ins Stück, Hintergründe, [http://deslit.de/shakespeare/hamlet.htm]
Falls dieser Link nicht klappt: [
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.deslit.de/shakespeare/hamlet.htm]



en français

Delville, Michel et Michel, Pierre, Université de Liège.
Hamlet & Co [http://www.littanam.ulg.ac.be/hamlet%26co.html] (Dec. 2003)


Just for Fun

Hamlet - The Text Adventure by Robin Johnson. An online computer game. Larry as Hamlet - special guests: Desdemona, Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Banquo and Richard III. Who really killed Hamlet's dad? What does King Richard III want with a horse anyway? And where did the gravedigger get that gorgeous pink dress? Avenge your father, defeat your evil uncle and ascend the throne of Denmark in William Shakespeare's long undiscovered text adventure. Great fun! [http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk/adventure/hamlet.html] (Aug. 04)

ultra-short version, Book-a-Minute Classics, Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard and David J. Parker [http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/shakespeare.hamlet.shtml]

Hamlet Haikus (Poor Yorick Hamlet Haiku Contest 2001: winners and all entries).

"The croaking raven doth bellow for revenge" [http://princehamlet.com/revenge.html]

Delaney, Ian.
Three summaries. [http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/summary.html] (Febr. 2002)

MacNaughton, Adam.
Oor Hamlet (Three-Minute Hamlet), Scottish poem, to be sung to the tune of The Mason's Apron[http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/Bard.book/three.hamlet.html] (May 2001) (The Mason's Apron tune [http://www.onepassinfo.com/folksongs/smmasonsapron.asp])

The Lost Quarto: happy ending thanks to the intervention of cartoon characters (Enter FRED, DAPHNE, VELMA, SHAGGY, AND SCOOBY ) [http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/97/May/scoobyham.html] (Jan. 2002)

Hamlet goes Homie by Jaded Moon. (Hamlet: To O.D. or not to O.D. Know what I'm sayin‚ foo? My uncle killed my fatha! And my motha just married my evil Uncle. I've gotta go bust his ass. ) [http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=751772] (May 02)

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"I despise Hamlet. He is a slob. A talker, an analyzer, a rationalizer. Like the parlor liberal or paralyzed intellectual, he can describe every facet of a problem, yet never pull his finger out. Is Hamlet a coward, as he himself suggests, or simply a poseur, a frustrated actor who plays the scholar, the courtier, and the soldier as an actor (a very bad actor) assumes a variety of roles to which he is not naturally suited? And why does he keep saying everything twice? And how can someone talk so pretty in such a rotten country given the sort of work he's got cut out for himself? You may think he's a sensitive, well-spoken, and erudite fellow, but, frankly, he gives me a pain in the ass."
(Charles Marowitz.
Shakespearean Scraps (chapter from Roar of the Canon: Kott & Marowitz on Shakespeare, Applause Books 2001)

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