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2012 Course of Study: Merchant of Venice

This first semester the 2012 course of study will be the Shakespeare's play the Merchant of Venice.

Conquest recommends the following texts:

• The Merchant of Venice - The play in the form of Cliff Notes, The Complete Version

The Complete

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• We also require all students to have a student binder from Shakespeare Conquest available from the LEMI website for $20.00 including shipping.  This same binder will be used in years to come and can be passed down to siblings.  

Shakespeare Presentations Schedule

This semester our students are presenting information to the group using a variety of presentation skills, power point, internet programs, on the following dates:

Shakespeare's Life                               Sis. Darcey  09-12

A Day in the Life                                  Sis. Wilson   9-19

Death, Dying--The Black Plague          Jayson  10-31

The Four Humors,                               Aidan 11/7

Clothing                                               Jessica 10-17

Food-What is a Fork?                         Victoria 10-26

Queen Elizabeth                                    Saje   10-10

The War of the Roses                          Makella    11-28

Social Status:  A Day In The Life         Nathan  10-10

Elizabethan Architecture:                      William     10-24

Weapons                                              Mariah  11-7

Theater and Acting in the 16th Century  Madeline  11-14

Myths, Legends,                                          Chandra

Renaissance Education: Who and Why         Micah


FYI about Shakespeare Conquest Lesson Plan:  This course  offers youth the opportunity to present a topic from the 15th Century, Renaissance period.  The topic is consistent with the period and a suggestion list is offered in the Shakespeare student binder on page  .   It is also one of the TEN STEPS for achievement awards.

The following topics are also open:

Religion of the Times
God and Superstition
The King James Bible
Natural Order and Social Position
Roles of the Sexes
Mysticism and Animals
Who is Who in the Arts
Witches, fairies and things that go bump in the night
Mental illness and retardation
Body and Mind