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FIELD TRIP  \nPERFORMANCE SERIES  \nOthello: A Guide for Teachers  \nThe Warehouse Theatre  \n2017 Educational Touring Production  \nFor more information, contact Mallory Pellegrino, Director of Education  \n[mallory@warehousetheatre.com](mallory@warehousetheatre.com)  \nHello Educators!  \nEach year, The Warehouse Theatre works with dozens of schools in  \nSouth and North Carolina, bringing customized workshops to students in grades 3 – 12. We support English Language Art, Theatre, and Literature standards, by bringing the actor’s approach to Shakespeare to the students, empowering them to speak the speeches and embody the words as well as learn how to apply these tools to their own experience. Through our curricular strategies and arts-integrated approach, we celebrate inclusion, critical thinking, teamwork, process, and problem solving.  \nShakespeare continues to be an important part of the curriculum inmost states, and regardless of changes in standards and best practices, we believe that interacting with these complex texts teaches valuable skills which have an impact on young students’lives beyond the ELA or theatre classroom. Critical thinking, closereading, looking at situations from different perspectives, examining societal and personal morals and motives, encountering and deciphering structure, building vocabulary and cultural references – Shakespeare brings this and much more to the young scholar!  \nIt is in this spirit that we have designed this study guide – intended for educators in middle and high schools to use as a tool to enhance student comprehension and enjoyment of The Warehouse Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s Othello. The exercises contained in this guide are designed to align with the curricular  \ngoals in the middle and high school English Language Arts, Literature, and Theatre classroom. This guide may be used as a supplement to classroom study of this text—and is best used in the context of attending The Warehouse Theatre’s touring production of Othello. Please feel free to “pick and choose” articles and activities as they complement your work in the classroom!  \nThis study guide is divided into Three Sections for your convenience:  \nTHE BASICS for a general overview and knowledge of the play, THE BARD for information about Shakespeare’s life and time, and THE BONUSES for experiential and more advanced activities.  \nWe hope you will find this guide useful, and that you will let us know what information, topics for discussion, and exercises you integrate into your curriculum. Please feel free to let us know what you would like for us to include in future study guides or resources.  \nThank you for your support of The Warehouse Theatre! If we can support your curriculum in any additional ways, please contact me[at mallory@warehousetheatre.com](at mallory@warehousetheatre.com)  \nAll my best,  \nMallory Pellegrino Director of Education  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nTHE BASICS:  \nPlot Synopsis  6  \nA Simple Structure in Shakespeare Plays  8  \nCharacters in Othello 10  \nCharacter Quotes 11  \nMajor Themes and Motifs  12  \nSystems of Oppression in Othello  13  \nA Glossary of Terms  17  \nFamous Othellos Throughout History 18  \nWhat Makes a Tragedy?  20  \nTHE BARD:  \nShakespeare's Life as a Play 24  \nShakespeare's England  26  \nWhy Do We Study Shakespeare? 32  \nTHE BONUSES:  \nWHT's Production Concept and Look Book  36  \nExplore and Activate the Text  38  \nThe Three Ds: Disclosure, Discovery, Decision  41  \nAppearance vs. Reality, Public vs. Private  42  \nThe Art of Lying in Shakespeare 43  \nAudience Etiquette and Experiencing Theatre  44  \nFurther Educational Materials 47  \n4  \nTHE BASICS  \nOTHELLO: A SYNOPSIS  \nThe play begins in Venice, in the middle of the night. 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