The Merchant of Venice — William Shakespeare • Ages 13+

The Merchant of Venice — Teaching Resources

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Free teaching resource for The Merchant of Venice. KS3 and GCSE. Printable.

Classroom Activities

Hot Seat

A pupil takes the hot seat as a key character. The class questions their motivations and decisions.

Quotation Analysis

Three key quotations: (1) speaker and context, (2) meaning in plain English, (3) analysis of one word, (4) theme link.

Context Research

Pupils research one aspect of Shakespeare's historical context relevant to this play.

Assessment Questions

  1. Explain how Shakespeare presents [character] in this extract and in the play as a whole.
  2. Explore how Shakespeare develops the theme of [theme] across the play.

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