Topic: Hamlet

Facts

From what country did Rosencrantz and Gildernstern come?

How did Hamlet’s father die?

What is Hamlet’s tragic flaw?

Concepts

Compare/contrast comedy and tragedy.

Concept: ghost. What was the meaning of “ghost” to Elizabethan audiences?

Notice: the concepts can be used in other settings beyond the study of Hamlet.

Generalizing

King Claudius supposedly killed to get ahead. How far will you go to get what you want?

Part of Hamlet is about the obligation of a son to take revenge for his father. Where do you stand on that kind of act?

Notice: learning becomes personal…carried across time

Topic: The U.S. Constitution

Facts

List the first 10 amendments.

Know the order in which the colonies ratified the document

Concepts

Compromise. How did compromise operate in reconciling the economic forces of the period?

Amendment. How does the amendment process operate in state legislatures and in Congress?

Generalizing

What rights and guarantees do you have in your family?

Who serves as the “Supreme Court” in family disputes at your house?