Ambleside Online has a new website! Come visit us at www.amblesideonline.org!
This page will remain up for a few weeks; its new locations are
http://www.amblesideonline.org/PlutarchSch.shtml and
http://www.amblesideonline.org/ShakespeareSch.shtml
http://www.amblesideonline.org/PlutarchSch.shtml and
http://www.amblesideonline.org/ShakespeareSch.shtml
Shakespeare and Plutarch Rotation
Ambleside Online Term Schedule
Term 1: September - November
Term 2: January - March
Term 3: April - June
Ambleside Online schedules these terms as a group to facilitate our Artist, Composer, Plutarch, Shakespeare, Folksongs and Hymns studies through sharing resources and experiences on the list.
"Plutarch's Home on the Web" Plutarch links, texts
Plutarch for Youths online (recommended)
North's translation of selected Plutarch's Parallel Lives includes Caius Martius Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus Marcus Antonius, Octavius Caesar Augustus, Theseus, Alcibiades (Scroll through the text pages by using the small blue left and right arrows at the bottom of the web page well below the text displayed on the first page. The upper arrows scroll to different lives and the table of contents)
Why Read Plutarch? by Dr. George Grant of King's Meadow Study Center; this is a great essay about the reasons for studying Plutarch.
Plutarch's Lives beneficial in citizenship lessons - Parents Review article from 1901
Shakespeare Resource Center History Glossary, grammar and language information.
Archived posts about studying Shakespeare
2002-2003 school year
*Shakespeare- Twelfth Night/Plutarch- Poplicola (or Publicola) Anne's Study
**Shakespeare- Macbeth/Plutarch- Brutus Anne White's Study Guide Lessons 1-6 Lessons 7-12
***Shakespeare- As You Like It/Plutarch- Dion Anne White's study guide Lessons 1-6 Lessons 7-12
2003-2004 school year
*Shakespeare- Pericles Prince of Tyre/Plutarch- Pericles Anne's Study Lessons 1- 6 7-12
**Shakespeare- Richard II*note below/Plutarch- Fabius Anne White's Study on Fabius
***Shakespeare- Hamlet Prince of Denmark/Plutarch- Nicias Anne White's study on Nicias
2004-2005 school year
*Shakespeare- The Taming of the Shrew/Plutarch- Crassus Anne White's study on Crassus (in progress)
**Shakespeare- Much Ado About Nothing/Plutarch- Timoleon
***Shakespeare- Othello the Moor of Venice/Plutarch- Aemillus Paulus
2005-2006 school year
*Shakespeare- Antony and Cleopatra/Plutarch- Antony
**Shakespeare- Merchant of Venice/Plutarch- Demitrius
***Shakespeare- Winter's Tale/Plutarch- Philopoemen
2006-2007 school year
*Shakespeare- Comedy of Errors/Plutarch- Titus Flaminus
**Shakespeare- Richard III/Plutarch- Themistocles
***Shakespeare- King Henry VIII/Plutarch- Camillus
2007-2008 school year
*Shakespeare- Merry Wives of Windsor/Plutarch- Aristides
**Shakespeare- Triolus and Cressida/Plutarch- Cato the Censor
***Shakespeare- Timon of Athens/any other Plutarch
2008-2009 school year
*Shakespeare- Cymbelline/Plutarch- Alcibiades
**Shakespeare- Coriolanus/Plutarch- Coriolanus
***Shakespeare- Love's Labor Lost/Plutarch- Theseus
2009-2010 school year
*Shakespeare- Midsummer Nights Dream/Plutarch- Romulus
**Shakespeare- The Tempest/Plutarch- Lycurgus
***Shakespeare- King Lear/Plutarch- Numa
2010 -2011 school year
*Shakespeare- Julius Caesar/Plutarch- Caesar
**Shakespeare- Two Gentlemen of Verona/Plutarch- Alexander Alexander summary by AO student
***Shakespeare- Romeo and Juliet/Plutarch- Solon Solon summary by AO student
2011-2012 school year
*Shakespeare- Twelfth Night/Plutarch- Poplicola
**Shakespeare- Macbeth/Plutarch- Brutus
***Shakespeare- As You Like It/Plutarch- Dion
2012-2013 school year
*Shakespeare- Pericles Prince of Tyre/Plutarch- Pericles
**Shakespeare- Measure for Measure/Plutarch- Fabius
***Shakespeare- King Lear/Plutarch- Numa
* NOTE: * This is a different play from the one originally slated for this term. The Advisory is in the process of revising the original Shakespeare rotation.
Richard II is not included in either Nesbit's Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children or Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare. For youngsters in the earliest years who are not yet ready to read Shakespeare's actual plays, we offer two suggestions. You could either read Macbeth in Nesbit or Lamb (this play won't be covered again until high school), or choose any play previously covered in the rotation that you may have missed.
This page was last updated on: September 20, 2004
