“Beholding the Bard” Shakespeare Notebook

Description

If the greatest minds of Western Civilization have wrestled with Shakespeare for 400 years, how can a modern student join the conversation with confidence?

Beholding the Bard is your daily guide to an accessible exploration of the works of Shakespeare using the classical arts of learning. Designed by and for homeschoolers, this expansive notebook leads students to seek Truth, Virtue, and Beauty in five of Shakespeare’s most beloved works: Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Henry V, and Hamlet. Each play is explored through the arts of the Trivium: learning the Grammar of Shakespeare, asking good questions about Shakespeare at home and in Dialectic conversations with others, and expressing discoveries from Shakespeare through oral and written Rhetoric. Whether for a novice or an experienced scholar, Beholding the Bard is the perfect companion to a classical study of Shakespeare.

Product Specifications

• 214 pages
• Letter sized (8.5″ x 11″)
• 80# coated paper with glossy cover
• Choice of Paperback or Coil Binding
• Extensive black-and-white illustrations, diagrams and maps

What’s inside the book?

Beholding the Bard‘s extensively-illustrated pages include:

• How to study Shakespeare using the classical skills;
• Detailed yet manageable day-by-day tasks for each five-week play unit to discourage procrastination;
• A cast of characters and a synopsis for each play;
• Guided interpretation for dramatic elements (exposition, characters, theme, style, language, structure, and worldview);
• Prompts for planning and documenting in-class discussion;
• Dramatic interpretation memorization tracker;
• Character and scene analysis prompts;
• Five Canons of Rhetoric composition resources (including ANI chart, outline, and checklist);
• Shakespeare-focused citation guide;
• Overview of Shakespearean verse;
• Glossary of more than 70 key terms;
• and Recommended Resources for further study.