Before this PowerPoint, teachers should ask pre-assessment questions to find out how much their students know about Shakespeare. They then can use this PowerPoint as a quick introduction to background information on William Shakespeare. Teachers should often check for understanding by asking questions, and at the end of the PowerPoint ask students how Shakespeare might have connected to the greater Renaissance as a whole. This utilizes the Zone of Proximal Development.

To help with students understanding the scope of influence Shakespeare has had on modern culture, you can introduce Hamlet through showing this Lion King comparison video. This helps students draw a connection to existing knowledge and makes the topic more comfortable to discuss. This builds upon existing framework.

To see how Vygotsky's and Bruner's theories were applied in this lesson, and to have a guided lesson, feel free to use this lesson plan provided.