Advanced Placement Classroom: Macbeth

Advanced Placement Classroom: Macbeth is a teacher-friendly resource for using one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies in the Advanced Placement classroom. Students will examine the play critically and analytically to understand aspects such as the nature of villainy and the history of the events that inspired the play. An extended section provides teachers with information on societal implications that impacted the play's creation, including witchcraft and The Gunpowder Plot. Teachers also will be able to implement exciting hands-on projects such as putting Macbeth on trial for the murder of Banquo and developing a soundtrack for the play.

Grades 7-12

After 32 years, Daniel G. Lipowitz continues to teach seniors, juniors, and sophomores honors and academic English, Creative Writing, and Film as Art and Literature at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, PA. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pennsylvania, he has directed 35 plays, including the "Scottish play."

James M. Conley teaches 11th- and 12th-grade honors and Advanced Placement English at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, PA. An alumnus of The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and Villanova University in Villanova, PA, Conley currently is pursuing his doctorate in education at Widener University in Chester, PA.