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" Long considered the world's greatest writer, Shakespeare the man all but eludes biographers--leading some scholars to doubt they are one and the same. Filmed at salient locations around England, this program explores the four main theories of the Bard's true identity." William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlow and Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford are the 4 main candidates for the title of the world's best. These are steps you are going to take.
 * 1) View //The Shakespeare Enigma// from Films for the Humanities & Sciences. While viewing, listen and note the arguments for and against each writer.
 * 2) Use your detailed notes to create a graphic organizer that reflects what you have learned from the video.
 * 3) You will be assigned to a group whose job it will be to present the case for one of the writers. Since your job will be to persuade us to believe in your candidate, it is important that you use good persuasive techniques. But more about that later.



Here are your group assignments


 * Bacon: J. Richards, C. Orr, A. Krause, G. Kane
 * Marlowe: A. Good, L. Gerard, R. Frank, C. Enck
 * de Vere: B. Frederick, A. Gable, K. Cusamano, E. High
 * Shakespeare: D. Lundvall, V. Mendez, M. Snavely, A. Shoenberger

Period 6
 * Bacon: D. Young, S. Zimmerman, E. Rymarenko, N. Steffy
 * Bacon 2: K. Mireles, M. Mullen, R. Hershey, A. Hull
 * Marlowe: G. Hershey, G. Hayden, B. Gonzales, N. Maney
 * Marlowe 2: L. Brusacoram, J. Conard, D. Bomberger, B. Barnes
 * de Vere: P. Lathrop, T. Philpot, B. Ord, A. Newsome
 * Shakespeare: C. Williams, M. Veri, K. Tucker

Period 4
 * Bacon: A. Kachelries, M. Rissinger, M. Michel, C. Deibler
 * Bacon 2: E. Osborne, A. Kendig, T. Greiner, M. Killmeyer
 * Marlowe: D. Keener, M. Bloom, E. Ansel, B. McCall
 * Marlowe 2: V. Sears, P. Bateau, D. Stauffer, K. Wolfe
 * de Vere: D. Johnson, C. Stockdale, J. Bechtel, P. Dickey
 * de Vere 2: M. Cappiello, C. Summers, S. Klick
 * Shakespeare: A. Weit, K Caracci, D. Bitts, A. D'Imperio

Period 3
 * Bacon: C. Buccilla, J. Donmoyer, E. Hollinger, K. Hostetter
 * Bacon 2: Z. McCracken, M. Miller, B. Smith, B. Spotts
 * Marlowe: M. Wenger, A. Williams, D. Turner, J. Stoudt
 * Marlowe 2: L. Sproles, A. Rice, J. Quinones, S. Miller
 * de Vere: M. McCall, H. Kontra, C. Johnson, C. Hayter
 * Shakespeare: K. Evans, T. Bomba, S. Birmingham, L. Arndt