World History 7							N:
Williams/Krislyn/Anderson					D:				P:
Renaissance Faire
18 May 1585 – Habitat of the Carmel Shire
Good morrow! Welcome, good gentles to weeks of preparation for thine 9th annual CMS Elizabethan Renaissance Faire. Thou shall create and live out an afternoon at a town faire in the kingdom of England in the year 1585. Queen Elizabeth sits upon the throne and William Shakespeare hath gathered ideas for his first play. Let us begin…

Research
We will begin by investigating Renaissance faires through their web sites. We will learn relevant background information about this time period: social classes, language, clothing, and occupations, to create a persona and act as a living character from the 16th century who understands how to talk, act, dress, and react to others.

Character Creation
Thou will create a character showing the person thou will be on May 18. This will be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation about thee: thy family and social class, clothing and accessories, job, supplies thou will bring, and marketing plan. There will be opportunities to learn various jobs done in Elizabethan England, both during social studies and at other times at school. 

  Job options (page 4) – do research – workshops April 27 & 30. 

Songs & Dance
All 7th graders wilst learn to singeth two songs and to performeth a dance in the opening ceremony of the faire. 

Rose, Rose, Rose Red
Rose, Rose, Rose red
Will I ever see thee wed?
I will marry at thy will, sire
At thy will	Queen’s Round
Long may she reign
in majesty glorious,
ever victorious,
God save the Queen!	

Tips from past faire-goers:
“Stick to just a few crafts…walk and sell.”
“Negotiate prices…offer deals.”
“Advertise ahead of time.”
“Location is everything…if you are in a good spot; you are more likely to have success.”
“Your partners are important because that is your grade.”
“It was hard to clean up on time…start as soon as the announcement is made.”
 “You shouldn’t worry about getting coins because the first 30 minutes people look around and then 
  EVERY business is swarming with people at the end of the faire.”

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Elizabethan Chit-chat

Elizabethan English

good morrow	Modern English

good day, hello	Elizabethan English

wherefore	Modern English

why	
fare-thee-well	good bye	anon	until later	
nay	no	aye/yea	yes	
prithee/pray	please	fie	curse word	
grammarcy	thank you	thy (consonant) / thine (vowel)
Remember thy basket.	your	
thee	you (object)
I will punish thee. 	thou
Thou art late. 	you (subject)
	
perchance	maybe	cutpurse	thief	
privees	bathroom	forswear	lie, cheat	
prating	talking too much	catechize	teach	
Huzzah!	Hurray!	doth	Does	
A pox on thee!	Curse you!	hath	has, have	

Useful phrases
How now? = How’s it going?
Well met. = Nice to see you.
By god’s teeth! = I mean it!
Pray pardon/ I cry your mercy. = Excuse me.

Addressing others while at the faire

to the Queen:	Your Highness, Your Grace	
to a noble:	my Lord, my Lady	
to someone dressed well, but not noble:	Sir, Mistress	
of your same social status:	Goodman, Goodwife	
Puritans to each other:	Brother, Sister	
others to a Puritan:	Good Puritan	
to bishops:	Your Grace	
to priests:	Sir Priest	
to officers like judges, constables, knights:	Your Honour	

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Social Class Interaction
Follow this chart, pending your social class:

Your Class:          Class of Person Passing By:       	How You Respond:
Peasant 	Fellow Peasant 	Say good morrow, shake hands 	
Peasant 	Middle Class 	Slight bow or curtsy, head slightly down 	
Peasant 	Noble	Bow or curtsy, with head down	
Middle Class	Peasant	Look down at them, nose in the air	
Middle Class	Middle Class	Say good morrow, shake hands	
Middle Class 	Noble	Slight bow or curtsy, head slightly down	
Noble	Peasant 	Nose in the air, hold perfumed cloth over your nose . . . Peasants stink!	
Noble	Middle Class	Slight head nod; smirk, knowing your better than them	
Noble 	Noble	Say good morrow, nod heads, chit chat	
All Classes	Queen or King 	Bow/Curtsy low, lower head, if possible, call out “God Save the Queen!” 
*The lower your class, the lower you bow	

Renaissance Faire Character PowerPoint Requirements
Slide 1 – Introduction 
•	Your Renaissance name – nothing that wilst offend the lords and ladies!
•	Your modern name
•	Effective use of background color/design and word art
•	An appropriate image of English town life
Slide 2 – My Place in Society
•	Social level & family – parents, siblings, spouse?, children?
•	Several bullet points
•	Effective use of background color
Slide 3 – My Costume  
•	Names & colors of each piece of clothing in bullet list
•	Effective use of background color 
Slide 4 – Tis I & What I Say!
•	Photo of you in costume (individual or with your group) or scanned color drawing of you in costume
•	Minimum of 3 dialog bubbles with Elizabethan phrases you are likely to use
•	Effective use of background color
Slide 5 – My Occupation
•	Name of your job and/or business 
•	Bulleted list of supplies you will bring on the day of the faire (18 May)
•	Effective use of background color
Slide 6 – My Marketing Plan
•	Several bullets
•	How you will market your product or service in the week BEFORE the faire (16-18 May)
•	How you will market your product of service ON THE DAY of the faire
•	Effective use of background color

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Faire Day Schedule, etc.
•	Before school – drop off items at Habitat & show yourself in costume to your teacher
•	Morning – go to all 7 classes: meet & set up in the Habitat during social studies period
•	Lunch – final set up in Habitat, if necessary
•	End of lunch bell - meet at Habitat field to get ready for Opening Ceremony
•	Opening Ceremony – announcements, sing, dance, awards
•	Open Market & Activities – freely answer questions or demo for 6th & 8th graders; perform; run activities, sell hand made products; make bank deposits
•	Clean up last half hour

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