Teaching Hamlet

Pre-study activities:

1. Introduce the play to the class using this Hamlet lesson plan Do the pre – reading stage. Read Hamlet’s soliloquy, you find the full text of the play here. If you need you will find a  simpler version here. Hamlet
2. Do worksheet A and B and discuss with class – talk about what you find in this Simpsons’ interpretation of Hamlet what is similar and what is different from the original !  See video below.  You can also have a look at the Cartoon Hamlet it is an easy way to talk about the play!

After reading play – (you might only read one act)

1. Here is a quiz for the class to work on. Lots of questions! hamlet-quiz
2. Look at this google map. Where is this? Who lived here?
3. Read this summary of the play and answer some questions while watching.
4. Test yourself with the Cambridge test
5. Study the picture (Image here) Ophelia by Sir John Everet Millais

Watch this revision by SparkNotes to remember main facts

Extra activities and places to visit if time:

1. Look at these clips “Ophelia’s madness“, Ophelia drowning, Ophelia’s sad destiny
2. Look at video from youtube. Hamlet Act3 Scene1 Soliloquy.

Shakespeare animated books:

Essay:

Assessment