Merchant of Venice Lesson Plan

Costume Design

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will examine the text and determine what types of costumes would be appropriate for the characters in The Merchant of Venice.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Structure:

Remind the class that The Merchant of Venice is a play, and a play is meant to be performed on a stage rather than read in a book.

In a produced play, the actors must be wearing costumes. What kinds of costumes would be appropriate for each of Merchant's characters?

When deciding what a given character should be wearing, remind the students to consider:

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