"To be, or not to be: that is the question." - Act III, Scene I
​“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. ”   
​               ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Guiding Questions:
  • What motivates Hamlet?
  • What major themes do you see?
  • How is Hamlet relevant to "Big Picture Learning"?
Sample Competencies:
  • Personal Qualities: Can I plan and produce evidence of learning?
  • Social Responsibilities: explore the psychology of human behavior.
  • Communication: comprehend, analyze and synthesize text.
  • Design Process: make observations, collect, analyze and present data.
  • Design Application: Creatively apply mathematical skills to real-world situations.
Project brainstormed ideas (to be added to in class): create a newspaper with news of the play, do a reader's theatre, make a model of the Globe, memorize one of the four  sililoquey's and deliver in costume, translate a mini scene into 2019 parody, write an essay about Hamlet as a person, make a time line, create a Hamlet rap, create a drawing or painting of a scene, make a storyboard of the play developing a theme, create a Hamlet website or video.

Projected Time Line .    Red indicates due dates
Day 1 .    Introduction & overview: Can we log into software. Jan 28, Monday
Day 2.     Learning the Story  Jan 30, Wednesday
                Show progress on computer
Day 3.     Learning the Story  Feb 1, Friday
Day 4.     Project defined plus initial research started.  Learning Plan includes: (Your guiding question--what you are trying to  discover,  what competencies you will be mastering, resources that  can help you, resources you might need, help you may require.)
Day 5.     Project review scope
Day 6      Independent work time
Day 7 .    Independent work time .   
Day 8 .   Independent work time .     
Day 9     Independent Work Time       
Day 10    Independent Work Time .  
Day 11 .   Exhibition Prep
​Day 12    Exhibition Day /Reflection .  
Portfolio Presentation Schedule

  •  Practice Presentations
  •  Exhibition Day 1
  • ​ Reflection/wrap up
Presentation Guidelines
  • Intro Slide
  • Learning Journey slides (2-5)
  • Conclusion Slide