CURRICULUM LINKS AND OBJECTIVES

• HISTORY  Daily life in Elizabethan England

• ENGLISH  Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

ACTIVITIES AND TASKS

• Studying the plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream and working collaboratively to perform the comedy, using props and excerpts from the original script

• Walking tour of Stratford upon Avon - Shakespeare's childhood home and learning how to spot the difference between real Tudor buildings and later replicas

• Workshops at the childhood home of Shakespeare's mother - Tudor building methods, interiors and dance.   Making lavender bags, butter and sugar fancies

VENUES AND PROVIDERS

• The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

• Youth Hostel Association  https://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-stratford-upon-avon