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Curated OER
Words, words, words
Students discuss words that represent the big ideas in Othello and that recur throughout the play. They are assigned words to track throughout the text, recording which character says the word and in what context.
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"Thou hast set me on the rack": A Dramatic Reading of Iago's Most Poisonous Lines
Students select and analyze quotations from Othello, and do a dramatic reading to illustrate the power of Iago's most poisonous words.
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The Merchant of Venice
Students read parts of Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. Using primary sources, they gain a glimpse into the early modern period's negative perceptions and stereotypes of human beings of African descent.
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Calling All Directors
Interpret Shakespearian scenes with your middle and high school classes. Groups select scenes from plays that they are familiar with to perform for their classmates. They should attempt to recreate the emotions they think the characters...
Curated OER
ESSAYS ABOUT IAGO'S METAPHORS
Learners examine the first two scenes of Act I and do a metaphor interpretation exercise. They write an essay on the following question: Through Iago's metaphors, what is he trying to do to Brabantio? To answer this question they ...
Curated OER
Divinity of hell
Students have to look at the text of the play Othello and cut the text in half. Each group then moves to the computer to their right and continues on with what that group wrote. They then have to stage the final script and perform in...
Curated OER
Bloody Business
Students research word frequencies in Macbeth and create a frozen picture inspired by a word. In this Macbeth lesson, students view Blood Will Have Blood and discuss the dual meaning of the word "blood." Students identify...
Curated OER
"I am not what I am"
Students make connections between their own epithets and those used in Othello.
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Order Numbers to 10,000
In this number order practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to order numbers to 10,000.
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SAT Identifcation of Sentence Errors Practice Test
For this identification of sentence errors worksheet, students choose the answer that best corrects the errors in each sentence. Students have 10 minutes to complete 15 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.
Curated OER
Lesson 1: Theatre Arts
Students create and perform based on cuttings from various plays and literature to demonstrate the learning of the process of improvisation. Students connect improvisation with theatre and real life. Students participate in a class...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language
A lesson plan focusing on the power of Iago's language, as shown through his crafty deception of Othello, "Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language" provides several links to information on Shakespeare, Othello, and rhetoric.
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Othello
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources focuses on Othello, Shakespeare's classic story of jealousy, love, and betrayal. It shows how race is represented in Shakespeare and in performance throughout history.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare's Othello: Resources and Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These are resources including worksheets, activites, and writing assignments for Othello. Activities include looking for examples of the themes of jealousy and deception, comparing Iago's and Othello's...
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare: Othello in Context: Power Point Lesson Resource
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint presentation provides basic information about William Shakespeare, the Globe Theater, and the tragic play Othello. It explains the major characters in the play and their motivations and...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Othello
Full text of "Othello" by William Shakespeare.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Othello
This resource provides links to lesson plans, activities, study guides, and other teaching ideas for Shakespeare's "Othello."
TES Global
Tes: Othello Resources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resources offers scene by scene activites and assignments for teaching students Shakespeare's Othello.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Shakespeare Othello
Read the full text of Shakespeare's tragedy, "Othello." The play's text is organized by scene.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: The Challenges of Staging the Play
These activities encourage young people to join the debate about how to stage and cast Othello. They will debate the pros and cons of different productions and plan how they would stage the play if they could do so themselves. Included...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Michael Best: Assignment #3: An Explication
This is an assignment to write a detailed 850-word explication over one of two passages in Shakespeare's Othello. In the assignment, he explains what an explication is and is not and how to go about writing one. He also explains exactly...
TES Global
Tes: Othello and Iago Gallery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of Othello and Iago from various productions of Shakespeare's Othello that could be used to compare interpretations and spark discussion.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Othello" by William Shakespeare
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with the drama "Othello" by William Shakespeare. Othello, a revered general of the Venetian army, has his newlywed wife meet him in Cyprus where he's stationed. But while there his...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Guide to "Othello" [Pdf]
Cross-curricular ideas, historical context, focus on language and other features make this 17 page .pdf document a help for anyone planning to teach Shakespeare's "Othello."