Macbeth Introduction | Macbeth Unit Research Project | William Shakespeare

Heighten your students’ interest prior to reading Shakespeare's Macbeth or utilize this research project as an extension study of Elizabethan England.

The research topics in this collaborative project provide a frame of reference for Macbeth's setting, characters, conflicts, and events.

Collaborative groups will research the following topics:

Topic #1: Background Information on Scotland and Key Political Figures

Topic #2: 16th Century Philosophy and Beliefs

Topic #3: 16th Century Medical and Mental Illness Treatments

Topic #4: Religious and Political Controversies in Elizabethan England

Topic #5:  Society and Culture During the Elizabethan Era

Specific research questions are provided for each of the five research options to help guide students as they take notes during the research process. All the research websites are bookmarked and accessible from one link! This resource includes all the materials you need to implement this research project from start to finish!

All materials are editable and can easily be adapted for individual research instead of collaborative groups.

This resource includes the following materials:

• Teacher Notes and an Implementation Guide
• Student Project Sheet with Research Topic List and Final Google Slide Presentation Requirements
• Access to a Digital Webmix on Macbeth Research Topics with Over 52 Bookmarked Quality Websites
• Access to a Digital Webmix on Elizabethan Era Research Topics with Over 52 Bookmarked Quality Websites
• Digital Note-Taking Cards Designed for Students to Extract Relevant Details
• MLA Source Citation and Works Cited Page Student Packet
• How to Create a Works Cited Page Guide with Screen Shot Tutorials Modeling How to Create a Hanging Indent in Google Docs (Optional)
• Teacher’s Grading Rubric for Macbeth Research Group Slide Presentation

You and your students will have easy access to over 100 bookmarked sites on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, ruling monarchs and their families, religious controversies, medical treatments, superstitions the role of witches, and the supernatural, life during the Elizabethan Era, and the culture of Tudor England.

The digital notecard, source citation handouts, and works cited page tutorial can be used throughout the year with any research assignment or project!

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