Romeo and Juliet Project

Here's a project for my English 1 classes and some helpful links.

Romeo and Juliet Project

Mr. Kimble / Mr. McCormack

October 2006

Topics to be addressed:

1. William Shakespeare’s Biography

2. Daily life in Elizabethan Age (When Shakespeare was alive, how did people spend their time? What did they wear? What was the theater like? What kind of music was popular? What were their occupations?

Format Details

Presentation is to be poster form similar to model shown in class.

A bifold (two sides-one crease) is acceptable.

Relevant visuals are important. (If resizing graphics, do not distort the proportion of the picture. Usually this means holding the shift key while resizing.)

One page for biography

One page for daily life

Font size for written portion 12 One heading for each page permissible at 36

Submit (separately) source references.

Helpful Information

Lincoln Media Center is available to students daily from 7:30 am, lunchtime, and from 3:05-4:00.

For JC Public library hours go to: http://www.jclibrary.org/libinfo/hours.php#neighborhood

Checkout these websites for help on your project:

http://www.shakespeare.com/

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/

http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

http://elizabethan.org/

http://www.bardweb.net/england.html

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/

Free Trial Jersey City Public Schools can preview any of the below databases through December 31, 2006, by going to the corresponding URL’s and using the following username and password: Username: jcboe Password: trial

http://www.school.eb.com

Supplemental Databases: Enciclopedia Universal en Español http://www.spanish.eb.com

Annals of American History Online http://www.america.eb.com