julius_caesar_assignment


 * William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar background research presentations:**

In groups of 1 or 2, you will prepare a short (3 to 6 minute) presentation on one of the following topics. The purpose of these short presentations is to help you and your classmates learn more about the Romans and Elizabethans around the times of Julius Caesar and William Shakespeare. This will help us all build a richer and more rewarding understanding of the play. You do not need a great deal of detail for this short presentation: you just want to present your topic so that your classmates understand the main ideas (with some interesting examples) of your topic. We will hold these presentations on March 8, 9 Guidelines:

1.You must cite the source of all of the information you present. 2. Do not read your presentation. Make an outline of the main points and speak to your audience 3. You should create a visual aid to help your audience understand your talk. You may choose to make a Powerpoint presentation or use another program to present your information digitally to your classmates using the projector in class. Evaluation: Relevant, interesting to audience Quality, accuracy of information Appropriate breadth and depth of topic Organized for audience understanding Visual Aids appropriate, effective Clarity of speech, presentation skills Appropriate range of sources All sources cited Cooperation, teamwork with partner

Topics (only one group per topic):

Groups sign up for topics. The first 10 topics need to be taken before individuals choose either of the topics with * For this report, “Roman times” are meant to range from about 70 to 30 BC; “Elizabethan times” are about 1570 to 1600 AD.

a. Roman religion and ritual; the festival of Lupercalia b. Sooth saying, augury, and omens in Roman and Elizabethan times c. Men’s and women’s roles and status in Roman vs Elizabethan times d. Roman political organization before and after Julius Caesar e. Julius Caesar’s rise to power f. Julius Caesar’s downfall and the Roman civil war after his death. h. Elizabeth’s rise to power and English political organization at that time a. Elizabethan Religion and World View: the Chain of Being f. Social class and hierarchy: Roman vs Elizabethan times g Stoicism (Brutus) and Epicureanism (Cassius) h. Shakespeare’s sources of the play, the Julius Caesar story in Elizabethan times.