4SE William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare’s Webquest (effectuée par C. Clavel)

Task : Your job is to discover as many things about William Shakespeare as you can. Click on the links to answer the questions. Good luck!

The quiz:

http://www.weewebwork.fr/wee_web_work/accueil_shakespeare.htm

1)When and where was William Shakespeare born?

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2) Where did he go to school?: .........................................................................................................................

In which language did pupils study at the time? ...............................................................................................

When and why did he leave school? ................................................................................................................

3) Who and when did he marry? .........................................................................................................................

4) How many children did he have? ...................................................................................................................

http://www.bartleby.com/65/sh/Shakespe.html

5) When did he go to London and what was his job? .................................................................................

6) What was the name of Shakespeare’s acting company? ........................................................................

http://www.bardweb.net/plays/index.html

7) What were the four types of plays he wrote? ........................................................................................

8) Name three of Shakespeare’s comedies: ................................................................................................

9) Name three of Shakespeare’s tragedies: .................................................................................................

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/Springfield/eliz/ShakespeareBiog.html

10) When and where did he die? .....................................................................................................................

11) Who was Queen of England during the time Shakespeare began to write?  Who ruled after her? .........................................................................................................................................................................

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre

12) What is The Globe? ...............................................................................................................................

13) When and where was The Globe built? .................................................................................................

14) What happened to it in 1613? ................................................................................................................

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Renaissance_theatre (ici vous avez le droit de cliquer sur “Français” à gauche dans la fenêtre « languages » si trop dur….exceptionally !!!!)

15) Where were most theaters built? In or out of the city? Why? ................................................................

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16) Who played the female roles and why? ...................................................................................................

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