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Shakespeare (DK Eyewitness Books)

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I used this book in a senior English classroom to supplement the curriculum and give my students some context before we started Hamlet. The information is presented in a simple way with a lot of visual representation, which makes it an effective tool to appeal to many different learning styles. Although the pictures are large and the amount of text is limited, the book is not written in a way that talks down to students. My students really enjoyed the project we did based on information in this book. The sections about the plague, religion, and warfare were particularly helpful in relation to Hamlet.

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This book is an excellent introduction to Shakespeare and to the late 16th and early 17th centuries. I found my children very interested in the pictures and then asking about the information. I must say that I have yet to find any DK Eyewitness Books that were not wonderful. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the man or the time.

My students love this book! I use it every year when I introduce my freshmen to Shakespeare and his world for the first time. They are most fascinated by the boy being transformed into a female character.

There's much to learn in there for teachers and lovers of Shakespeare as well.

I use this book for a scavenger hunt for background info for my high schoolers. Book works well for this project.

Everything A-OK w/this purchase of DK's "Shakespeare."

Interesting book...full of "hooks of interest" for kids.

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