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Handout
Novelinks

The Winter’s Tale: Concept Analysis

For Students 11th - 12th
A comedy? A romance? A little of both? Shakespeare's The Winter Tale is the focus of an overview appropriate for those who are considering using the play for the first time. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Drama Terms Notes

For Students Pre-K - 12th
Comedy, tragedy, act, scene, prop. do you want to review important drama terms? Actors record the term next to its definition on a worksheet that could be used individually or as a group activity. A link to a corresponding PowerPoint...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Greek To Us - Comedy, Tragedy, and Satire

For Students 9th - 12th
The history of Greek drama is the focus of this multiple-choice quiz. Ten questions ask about historical figures and the roots of tragedy and comedy in Greek religious festivals. While studying Greek drama, use this quiz to test your...
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PPT
Curated OER

Clowns and Mimes

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Unless your class is afraid of clowns, this presentation is sure to interest them. It discusses the history behind clowns, the different types of clowns, and the ways that clowns contribute to the genre of comedy. Use this slide show in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Movies and Entertainment

For Students 6th - 8th
Test your students' knowledge of literary and cinematic genres with this matching worksheet. Twenty-one terms, such as "thriller," "western," "novel," and "horror," can be matched with their definition. Use this activity as an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comic Strips

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write and illustrate their own comic strip. Students can still look at the various comics brought in by the teacher. Remind students that this is a fun activity and that they should have fun with this activity. When...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cry Until You Laugh

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write about the relationship between comedy and personal pain in their journals. After reading an article, they examine the Humber College school of comedy. They brainstorm difficult events in their own lives and create...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Very tragical mirth:" Romeo and Pyramus, Juliet and Thisbe

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze and compare the poetic tools Shakespeare uses in the death scenes of Romeo and Juliet to those of Pyramus and Thisbe in Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is April Fool's Day?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore humor by creating their own practical joke. In this April Fool's Day lesson, students read different situations in which practical jokes were taken too far. Students discuss their reactions to the jokes and identify when...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Television: Comedy Vs. Drama

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the world of Television by contrasting specific programs.  In this visual storytelling lesson, students compare and contrast the differences between comedy and drama by making a Venn Diagram.  Students utilize the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 13- Lucille Ball: What's So Funny

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study who were important in Hollywood cinema in the 1940's, 1950's and today. They participate in a comedy improv exercise.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Do You Have a GSOH?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this humor worksheet, learners, with a partner, read and discuss thirteen questions associated with having a good sense of humor and making fun of others.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Greek Theatre

For Students 9th - 12th
In this literature worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and names related to the Greek Theatre. There are 24 words/names located in the puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Masks and Aesop's Fables

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This multi-media visual and language arts lesson plan offers intellectual, creative, and interpretive opportunities through use of books, music, and the internet. It offers complete grade-leveled lesson plans for grades k-4 which include...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Plays by Moliere "The Misanthrope"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania contains the full text of five of Moliere's plays including "The Misanthrope". Links are provided to navigate through which play the reader wishes to choose. A good site to get full text on Moliere's plays.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Bob Hope and American Variety

For Students 9th - 10th
An EXTENSIVE biography on the life of entertainer Bob Hope from his early life through the USO shows to his television career. Great examples of images and personal notes and memorabilia.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: An Example of Greek New Comedy

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site is actually an in-depth lesson plan for the teaching of the Greek New Comedy, "The Grouch," by Menander. For learners, it provides a great deal of detail about the play and background material on Greek comedy as a whole....
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Handout
The Wharton Group

Discover France: Moliere French Dramatist

For Students 9th - 10th
Moliere, born in 1622, was a French comic dramatist, comic actor, stage director, and troupe manager.
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Website
American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: Comedy Films

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about comedy films.
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Handout
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Bob Hope Obituary

For Students 9th - 10th
Read all about the life and accomplishments of Bob Hope who died at the age of 100 in 2003.
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Website
Other

The Poetics of Aristotle: The Rise of Comedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This selection from Aristotle's "Poetics" offers the famous Greek philosopher's explanation of the origins of comedy. For a complete understanding of both comedy and tragedy in the traditional literary sense, the entire text of...
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Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Love's Labour's Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has 41 famous quotations from Shakespeare's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost".
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the comedic play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Genre: Comedy

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use these resources to explore the comic traditions of Shakespeare and discover how the different plays reflect these conventions and compare with each other. The resources include videos, images,...