How to make past texts relevant for today’s students?

By Nikki, Mallory, Erin & CJ

 Supporting research

Focusing on overarching themes

Margaret Delaney: “Using a Prop Box

to Create Emotional Memory and
Creative Play for Teaching
Shakespeare’s Othello”

Collaborative and interactive

Shakespeare’s Othello: Activity

Close text analysis

Pick out relevant information &

relate it to modern times

Act out the scenes in your modern

interpretations using the provided
props
 Conclusion

Focusing on overarching themes & relating it to

the modern world

Equitable & suitable for all learners by providing

different ways of learning: Writing, Reading,
representing, speaking, listening, and viewing
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