Creator: Dan Carroll | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
Stick Figure Hamlet brings comic visuals and imagery to this classic work of Shakespeare. Each act and scene is represented. Simply start at the beginning to view all cartoons or choose any act or scene desired. This site is sure to motivate and interest even the most reluctant reader!
In the Classroom
Add Stick Figure Hamlet to your arsenal of tools when reading Shakespeare. Share images from the site throughout your class reading of Hamlet on your interactive whiteboard. Invite students to interpret what is happening in the comics. Challenge students to find omissions in the retelling or to draw their own, better versions. Share the link for students to view at home. The images may be very helpful to visual learners in understanding the content of this work. Browse the TeachersFirst <a href="/spectopics/shakespeare.cfm">Shakespearean collection</a> for other ideas to use with Hamlet. Use this site as inspiration and have students create their own comics for any piece of literature. Find many ideas at <a href="/spectopics/comics.cfm ">TeachersFirst’s Comics Collection</a>.
At Home
Share this site with your student to help visualize and understand Hamlet. If your student is a more visual student (or simply enjoys comics) this site may help him or her to both enjoy and comprehend Hamlet.
Tags
literature, comics and cartoons, hamlet, shakespeare,
Subjects
English, History & Culture: Europe, History & Culture: World, Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies, Social Studies, Writing,