Lesson Plans:
The team at Shakespeare-VR has created the following modules to serve as examples for how VR can be used to supplement traditional teaching methods. The modules contain a lesson plan and a worksheet that can be implemented using the VR creations available on our Downloads page.
“To Be or Not to Be” Lesson
In this lesson, students study the physical aspects of Elizabethan theater with the goal of learning how to identify and assess the functions of space, medium, and performance choices in Shakespearean drama. The lesson centers on the virtual reality tour of the Blackfriars Playhouse + three different productions of the “to be or not to be” soliloquy: a film, a filmed theatrical production, and a virtual reality production. Lesson plan. Worksheet. (See Downloads to access the Blackfriars Tour + scenes from Hamlet).
- Lesson Plan here.
- Worksheet here.
- See Downloads to access the Blackfriars Tour + scenes from Hamlet)
“SWEET SORROW” LESSON
In this lesson, students will study the physical aspects of Elizabethan theater, watch clips of Romeo and Juliet, and perform Juliet’s part on the Blackfriars stage. The lesson combines the experience Sweet Sorrow: Romeo and Juliet in Virtual Reality with a virtual documentary of Blackfriars Playhouse and a filmed production of the ‘bedroom scene’ from Romeo and Juliet. The goal of the lesson is to guide students toward an ability to identify and assess the functions of space, medium, and performance choices in Shakespearean drama.