Richard III Lesson Plan

Film Screening: Richard III

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to apply key concepts to the analysis of other works of art.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

For this exercise, students should watch selected scenes from the 1995 adaptation of Richard III, starring Ian McKellan. Most of the film's scenes can be found online here: https://www.youtube.com/user/richardIIIjg/videos

The teacher may also find it useful to give students the following film review by Kevin Hagopian as a guide: https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/filmnotes/fns04n2.html

As they watch the...