Read Act I.
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Act I, Scene I
King Henry speaks with Westmoreland about how he hopes to join his troops int he Crusades soon and how he has been bogged down by rebellions at home that have prevented him from doing so. Westmoreland tells him his nephew, Mortimer, has been captured by a Welsh lord and married to that Welsh lord's daughter. He also tells Henry that Hotspur,...