Shakespeare and Human Character

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.03.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Strategies
  5. Activities and Lesson Plans
  6. Assessment
  7. Bibliography
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Filmography
  10. Appendix 1: Sample Quotes
  11. Appendix 2: Implementing New Mexico State and District 6 th Grade Standards
  12. Appendix 4: Overview of Step Up to Writing
  13. Notes

A Tide in the Affairs of Men: Looking at Leadership in Shakespeare's Roman Plays

Terri Blackman

Published September 2009

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Bibliography

1 Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group; published by the Penguin Group, 1998.

² Charnes, Linda. Hamlet's Heirs: Shakespeare and the Politics of a New Millennium. New York and London: Routledge, 2006. Essays examining Shakespeare's plays and cultural politics through Hamlet and the Henriad.

³ Dollimore, Jonathan, and Alan Sinfield, editors. Political Shakespeare. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1985. A collection of essays relating the work of Shakespeare to social and political situations, past and present.

4 Great Books Foundation. Politics, Leadership, and Justice. Chicago: The Great Books Foundation, 1998. A compilation of essays, plays, poems, letters, and fiction that include open-ended questions which can be used for discussions and Socratic seminars.

5 Greenblatt, Stephen. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. A sometimes speculative account of Shakespeare's life and times.

6 Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. New York: Signet Classics, 1998. Newly revised edition edited by Barbara Everett; Sylvan Barnet, General Editor.

7 Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. New York: Signet Classics, 1998. Newly revised edition edited by William and Barbara Rosen; Sylvan Barnet, General Editor.

8 Whitney, John O., and Tina Packer. Power Plays: Shakespeare's Lessons in Leadership and Management. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Using the plays of Shakespeare to teach effective leadership skills.

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