The Merchant of Venice - teaching resource

The Merchant of Venice is a 12-lesson, 143-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with 9 accompanying worksheets. It contains a progressive series of lessons designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of plot, characters, themes, context and language. 

The 12 lessons cover a range of activities, including:

- Understanding the plot.

- Analysing the characters.

- Exploring Shakespeare's language and use of imagery.

- Discussing the themes and ideas in The Merchant of Venice.

- Studying Shakespeare's stagecraft - creating and resolving conflict.

- Context - women's rights, Christianity and antisemitism in Elizabethan England

- And a lot more!

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