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Life in Elizabethan Times
Read each section and answer each question as if you lived during Elizabethan times.
1. Open the Library homepage
2. Select the Track Star link: http://trackstar.4teachers.org
3. Enter track number 400595
4. Select View in Frames box
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Children and Childhood
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/40.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page and read: What Every Schoolboy Knows
List 3 lessons in behavior:
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Name a topic taught in school:
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Food and drink
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/19.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page and read: What We Eat, Food & Your Lifestyle, More of What We Eat, Snack Foods
What time of day do you eat dinner?
What time of day do you eat supper?
What are some of the foods you eat?
Describe your favorite drink.
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Language
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/8.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page & read: More Language, Still More Language, Some Random Vocabulary
What does "wherefore" mean?
What does "stay" mean?
Use Elizabethan words to say the following:
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Okay
Hello
Please
Thank you
Excuse me
Where is the bathroom?
Doll
Entertainment
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/5.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page & read: Filling the Time, More Things to Do, Still More Things to Do, The Hunt is Up
What time of day would you go to a play?
What might a woman have to wear to a play?
What is bear baiting?
List some of your favorite activities.
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Theatre
http://www.folger.edu/shakespeares-theater
What is a groundling?
How much did it cost to go to the theater?
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http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/shakespeareaudience.html
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Occupations
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/17.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page and read: More Services & Occupations, Some Workmen's Wages in 1558
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Masters and Servants
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/3.html
& http://elizabethan.org/compendium/14.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page and read: Household Management, Paying the Servants
Choose an occupation. Describe what you do.
Which servants or workers are the best paid?
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Marriage
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/10.html
Follow the links at the bottom of the page and read: Weddings and Betrothals, More Wedding Customs, The Marriage Ring
What color would the bride's dress typically be?
Name three marriage or betrothal customs.
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How is the intention to marry is announced?
What happens if it is not announced beforehand?
What is a dowry?
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Queen Elizabeth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/elizabeth_i/
Read all the Sections on the left and Fun Facts on the right.
Click the Next arrow to read all the information. Take the Elizabeth I quiz when done.
What happened to Queen Elizabeth's mother?
Describe something Queen Elizabeth might do if angry.
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Religion
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/7.html
What is the most common religion at this time?
How often do people go to church during this time?
What do protestants sometimes call Catholics?
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Fashion & More about Fashion
http://www.elizabethan.org/compendium/36.html & http://www.renfaire.com/Costume/
Follow the link at the bottom of the page and read: More Fashionable Vocabulary
Describe a typical man's outfit
Describe a typical woman's outfit
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Christmas
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/63.html
Describe a typical Christmas dinner:
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Late 16th Century English Names , Elizabethan Names
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/42.html & http://www.guildofstmichael.org/names.html
Pick an Elizabethan name for yourself:
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Explore the virtual Globe:
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/sound_globe.swf