The Art of Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.03.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Content Objectives
  2. Teaching Strategies
  3. Classroom Activities
  4. Teacher Resources
  5. Appendix
  6. Notes

The Tangled Web of Richard III: Shakespeare and the Art of Biography

Elizabeth A. Daniell

Published September 2013

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Appendix

Works Cited

Brown, Henry. Shakespeare's Patrons & Other Essays. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1912.

Brown, Mark. "A New View: Is This the Real Shakespeare?" The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/mar/10/shakespeare-cobbe-portrait (accessed July 12, 2013)

Buckley, Richard, Matthew Morris, Jo Appleby, Turi King, Deirdre O'Sullivan, and Lin Foxhall."'The King in the Car Park': New Light on the Death and Burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars Church, Leicester, in 1485." Antiquity Journal. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/087/ant0870519.htm (accessed July 14, 2013).

Cavendish, Richard. "The Birth of Richard III." History Today. http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/birth-richard-iii (accessed June 28, 2013).

"Common Core State Standards Initiative." Common Core State Standards. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C., n.d. Web. 11 July 2013. <http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards>.

Eliot, T. S. "Tradition and the Individual Talent. T.S. Eliot. 1921. The Sacred Wood;

Essays on Poetry and Criticism." Great Books Online. http://www.bartleby.com/200/sw4.html (accessed July 13, 2013).

Guerin, Wilfred L. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. 4th ed. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1999. Print.

Henry, Julie. "Shakespeare and Wordsworth Boost the Brain, New Research Reveals."

The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-

news/9797617/Shakespeare-and-Wordsworth-boost-the-brain-new-research-reveals.html (accessed June 28, 2013).

Lee, Hermione. Biography: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Marshall, Megan. "Common-Place: Ask the Author." Common-Place. http://www.common-place.org/vol-08/no-01/author/ (accessed July 12, 2013).

Moorhen, Wendy E. A. "Richard III: A Brief Biography and Introduction to Richard's Reputation." Richard III Society. http://www.richardiii.net/2_1_0_richardiii.php#perfect (accessed July 13, 2013)

Morse, Ogden. "SOAPSTone: A Strategy for Reading and Writing." AP Central. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/preap/teachers_corner/45200.html (accessed July 12, 2013)

Nigol, Rick. "Combatting "Twitter Brain" Syndrome." The Horizon: Desire2Learn Website. http://www.desire2learn.com/newsletters/Horizon/Issue28/articles/?id=2 (accessed July 10, 2013).

Priesnitz, Wendy. "Will Computers Warp Their Brains?" Life Learning Magazine, Jan. - Feb. 2012. http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/1202/LifeLearningJanFeb12.pdf (accessed July 10, 2013).

Richards, Jeffery. "The Riddle of Richard III." History Today. http://www.historytoday.com/jeffrey-richards/riddle-richard-iii (accessed June 28, 2013).

Shapiro, James S. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, 1599. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.

Stone, Dr. Philip. "Where Does Skeleton Revelation Leave Legend of Richard III?" CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/richard-iii-phil-stone-oped/index.html (accessed July 14, 2013).

The Official Website of the British Monarchy. "Elizabeth I." www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/kingsandqueensofengland/thetudors/elizabethi.aspx (accessed July 12, 2013).

The Reader. "The Power of Poetry: How Serious Literature Can Boost the Brain." The Reader Online. http://thereaderonline.co.uk/2013/01/14/the-power-of-poetry-how-serious-literature-can-boost-the-brain/ (accessed June 28, 2013).

The Richard III Foundation, Inc. "What History Has to Say about Richard III." Loyal to the Truth. http://www.richard111.com/what_history_has_to_say_about_ri.htm (accessed July 14, 2013).

Woolf, Virginia, Maria DiBattista, and Mark Hussey. "Chapter One." In Orlando: a Biography. Annotated ed., 1st ed. Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. 17.

Student Resources

Shakespeare, William. Richard III. Washington Square Press New Folger's ed. New

York: Pocket Books, 1996.

The Royal National Theatre. "A Conversation with Sir Ian McKellen." Stagework.org. http://www.stagework.org.uk/mckellen/index.htm (accessed July 11, 2013).

The Royal National Theatre. "Richard III." Stagework.org. http://www.stagework.org.uk/webdav/harmonisePage%252Fid=6004&Section%252Fid=1170.html (accessed July 11, 2013).

Teaching Materials

Being Shakespeare. DVD. Directed by Jonathan Bate. London: Illuminations, 2012.

International Reading Association. "I Am Poem." ReadWriteThink.org. www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/I-am-poem.pdf (accessed July 12, 2013)

Looking for Richard. Film. Directed by Penelope Allen. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Fox Video, 1996.

Richard III. DVD. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment Inc., 1995.

Richard III: The King in the Car Park. DVD. Directed by Louise Osmond. London: Dazzler Media, 2013.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company: the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged!). DVD. Directed by Paul Kafno. Silver Spring, Md.: Acorn Media, 2000.

Reynolds, Peter. Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.

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