The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is a 143-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with 9 accompanying worksheets. It contains a progressive series of lessons that develop pupil knowledge and understanding of plot, characters, themes, context and language.

This KS3 unit contains 12 lessons which cover a range of activities, including:

• Understanding the play’s plot

• Analysing the characters

• Exploring Shakespeare’s language and use of imagery

• Discussing the key themes and ideas of The Merchant of Venice

• Studying stagecraft - how Shakespeare creates and resolves conflict

• Context - women’s rights, Christianity and antisemitism in Elizabethan England

• Comprehension questions (with model answers provided) for each act.

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