Elizabethan Background Inquiry Questions

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1 Elizabethan Background Inquiry Questions People 1. Who was Henry VIII and why is he important? 2. Who was Elizabeth I and why is she important? 3. Who was Mary, Queen of Scots, and why is she important? 4. Who was Mary I, and why is she important? 5. Who was Richard Burbage and why was he important? 6. Who was James I, and why is he important? 7. Who was Sir Francis Drake and what did he do? 8. Who was Sir Walter Raleigh and what did he do? 9. Who was Christopher Kit Marlowe, what did he do and what did he have in common with William Shakespeare? Things 10. What is a Shakespearean tragedy and what are its characteristics? 11. What was The Rack and why was it so awful? 12. What was The Iron Maiden and why was it so awful? 13. What were the common garments for both upper and lower class Elizabethan women? 14. What were the common garments for both upper and lower class Elizabethan men? 15. What were common foods found in wealthy Elizabethan homes? 16. What were common foods found in lower- class Elizabethan homes or public houses? 17. What were common drinks found in either upper or lower- class Elizabethan homes or public houses? 18. What was the Elizabethan Poor Law and how would it impact people? 19. What was a typical Elizabethan education like? Who received an education? Places Events 20. What was the Globe Theatre and what happened there? 21. What is Cumberland (region in England) like in terms of geography? 22. Why was London so important in the Elizabethan age? 23. What was Tower Hill and what took place there? 24. What is Windsor castle and what are some interesting features of the castle? 25. Where is Stratford- Upon- Avon, what is it known for and how does it connect with Stratford, Ontario? 26. What was the Spanish Armada? 27. What led to the establishment of the Church of England? 28. What made up the Elizabethan entertainment of bear baiting? 29. What was the Black Plague and how did it affect Elizabethans in England? 30. What were some common medical treatments in Elizabethan times? 31. What were some of the customs surrounding marriage in Elizabethan times? 32. What were masques (dances) and why were they held? How important was music as a form of entertainment?

Name: Your Task: Use responsible research skills to find the answer to your inquiry question. Then, prepare a short informal oral presentation to share your findings with your teacher and classmates.

2 Name: Your Task: Use responsible research skills to find the answer to your inquiry question. Then, prepare a short informal oral presentation to share your findings with your teacher and classmates. Submit a correct and complete Works Cited page to give credit to your research sources. How will you do this? 1. Pick an inquiry question that interests you (e.g. the topic is something about which you would like to learn more information). We may need to raffle off these topics. Your question is: 2. Conduct research. Consult a minimum of three of the following sources: Wikipedia Print (library) Virtual Library Another internet source Wikipedia is a place to get started, get an overview of your overall topic, and perhaps get ideas to go to other places. Go to the school (or public) library and find a print resource (a book!). Look on the cart in the library (use your MSIP time). You will need to follow a special set of directions to access the Virtual Library. It is a valuable resource! This is open and up to you. Use good judgment in choosing a site (hint: sites where the address includes a.org or.gov are sometimes better than others). era.org.uk "Article Title." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Date of Publication or of Last Update. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. Date You Accessed the Site. Follow the format below to create a citation for each of the sources that you use in your research. (Note: the entries will not look this short when you type them out). Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print. Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Original Source of Article Vol. Issue (Year): pages. Database. Publisher of Database. Web. Date You Accessed the Site. <Root Address of Database>. Author s Last Name (or Corporate Author), First Name. Title of Article. Title of Site. Date of Publication or of Last Update. Publisher of Site. Web. Date You Accessed the Site. <Internet Address>. 3. It is up to you to figure out a system for taking notes and keeping track of your sources. The temptation to use the easy way of copying and pasting directly from the internet (or copying directly out of a book) is always there. However, that does not make you a responsible academic citizen. Instead, make sure that you ALWAYS keep track of the source from which you gather information, and ALWAYS put the information into your own words (or quote it directly). I ve included one option for how to organize your notes. For this project, you will ultimately be creating an oral product, so you need to track your sources; however, you will not be producing a print copy of your information which requires careful quoting, paraphrasing and citing (you will learn how to do that later).

3 4. Prepare an informal oral presentation about your topic. On the day of your presentation, your teacher will ask you the inquiry question. Then, you have seconds to stand up and answer the question, using the information that you ve gathered. You may use notes/index cards but you should NOT read directly from a sheet. You need to know your information well enough, and be practiced enough, that you can share your answer naturally. Organize your information as you would a proper paragraph: (i) (ii) (iii) Introduce your topic/provide a broad answer to the inquiry question so that your audience knows what you re talking about. Provide details, following the point- proof- explanation format. Provide a point/fact, and then explain it further. Do this 3-4 times. It is in this section that you can make reference to your sources (to provide some acknowledgement that you learned these facts). Conclude your presentation don t just say, I m done. Or That s all. Try to leave your audience with an interesting final statement. 5. Submit a correct and complete Works Cited page to your teacher at the end of your presentation. Evaluation Checkbric Criteria Speaking Skills [20 marks] On speaking skills... Delivery (presenter doesn t rush, shows enthusiasm, avoids likes or ums or kind ofs ; uses complete sentences, no phones!) Eye Contact (presenter keeps head up, does not read, and speaks to whole audience) Posture (presenter stands up straight, faces audience, and doesn t fidget) Volume (presenter can be easily heard by all) Content [15 marks] (i) Introduction (presentation begins with a clear focus/thesis) Topic Development (ii) body includes all elements outlined above, is clearly organized and logically sequenced; content related to thesis and not repetitive; shows full grasp and understanding of topic (iii) Concludes with a strong final statement Works Cited Page [10 marks] (complete & correctly formatted) Total /45 On content... On Works Cited Teacher s Comments, Feedback, Next Steps

4 Source: Name: and Topic: Works Cited Information (author, title, publisher, etc ): Cut and Paste Useful Information Research Notes Put the Useful Information into My Own Words

5 Galasso 1 Works Cited Alchin, Linda. The Old Globe Theatre History. William Shakespeare info. Sitesceen Ltd Web. 22 Sept < shakespeare.info/william- shakespeare- globe- theatre.htm.> London Theatre Tour Virginia. George Mason University. Web. 22 Sept Morris, Sylvia. Staging the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The Shakespeare blog. 17 April Web. 22 Sept < the- balcony- scene- from- romeo- and- juliet.> Severdia, Ron. The Globe Theatre. PlayShakespeare.com Web. 22 Sept < theatres/2189- the- globe- theatre.> Shakespeare s Globe Theatre London, England. Shakespearesglobe.com. Web. 22 Sept *********************************************************************************************************************************** Instructions: 1. Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page. It should have the same 2.5cm margins and last name, page number header as you used for your Formal Paragraph. 2. Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page. 3. Alphabetize citations by the first word in the entry (usually the author s last name) and double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries. 4. Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by one tab to create a hanging indent. This makes the author s name stand out in the first line. 5. For every entry, you must determine the Medium of Publication. Most entries will likely be listed as Print or Web sources, but other possibilities may include Film, CD- ROM, or DVD. 6. Writers are no longer required to provide URLs for Web entries. However, if your instructor insists on them, include them in angle brackets after the entry and end with a period. For long URLs, break lines only at slashes. 7. New to MLA 2009: Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles).

6 Possible Script Format: My Question is A general answer is Point #1: Proof/Example #1: Explanation #1: Point #2: Proof/Example #2: Explanation #2: Point #3: Proof/Example #3: Explanation #3: Conclusion:

The OWL at Purdue MLA Style Guide This should always be with you as you work on your research paper so that you are successful

The OWL at Purdue MLA Style Guide This should always be with you as you work on your research paper so that you are successful General MLA Guidelines Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard,