Shakespeare for the Digital Age

To wrap up our 7th Grade World History unit on the Renaissance, students (in small groups) selected, researched, and adapted a play by William Shakespeare into an iMovie trailer for a modern audience. Before filming, each group was required to storyboard their adaption, to ensure that they touched upon the larger points of the play, as well as made use of all of the time allotted by the iMovie trailer templates. I utilized a wonderful source for individualized storyboards to fit all of the various templates in iMovie Trailer (here). for Finally, students spent a few days filming their video trailers using iPads. These were shown during class during a mini film festival, as well as during our annual Renaissance Faire held after school for family to attend.

Romeo and Juliet

Othello

Macbeth

A Midsummer Night's Dream